Urban Marginalisation in South Asia - Waste Pickers in Calcutta

Informationen zum Autor Nandini Sen received her PhD from Goethe University, Frankfurt/Main, Germany. Zusammenfassung This book examines the lives and society of a marginalised urban community of waste-pickers living within the city of Calcutta, and yet on the periphery of mainstream society. Through interpretive ethnography of the studied community focusing on ideological marginalisation, the book studies the community and their world. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction 2. Literature and Theoretical Framework 3. Ideological Marginalisation versus Economic Marginalisation 4. Silent Defiance and Subtle Negotiation 5. Challenging Social Capital: Formulation and Subversion 6. Kinship and Neighbourhood: Life without Husbands and Fathers 7. Conclusion

Product details

• Authors: Nandini Sen, Nandini (Goethe University Sen
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 21.06.2018
• EAN: 9780815357667
• ISBN: 978-0-8153-5766-7
• No. of pages: 122
• Series: Routledge/Edinburgh South Asian Studies Series
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Social structure research; Ethnic Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Regional Studies, India, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, Social and cultural anthropology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General