Architecture and Urbanism in a Contact Zone - Histories of Difference, Migrancy and Dwelling in Kolkata

This book explores how histories of migration, cultural encounter and transculturation have shaped formations of urban space, domestic architecture and cultural modernity in Kolkata.

List of contents

Introduction
Part 1. Urban space
1 Difference, segregation and hybrid urbanism in colonial Calcutta
2 Colonial modernity, migrancy and urban residence
3 Postcolonial Kolkata
Part 2. Domestic space
4 Domestic architecture, difference and hybridity
5 Tensions between tradition and modernity in domestic architecture
6 Domestic architecture and migrancy
Conclusion

About the author

Mark Mukherjee Campbell is a Senior Lecturer in Architecture at the University of Hertfordshire.

Summary

This book explores how histories of migration, cultural encounter and transculturation have shaped formations of urban space, domestic architecture and cultural modernity in Kolkata.

Product details

• Authors: Mark Mukherjee Campbell
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 18.12.2024
• EAN: 9781032550497
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3255049-7
• No. of pages: 208
• Series: Architecture and Urbanism in the Global South
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Modern era up to 1918; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; Popular Culture, ARCHITECTURE / Regional, ARCHITECTURE / General, ARCHITECTURE / History / Modern (late 19th Century to 1945), ARCHITECTURE / History / Contemporary (1945-), India, Colonialism & imperialism, Regional Studies, Regional & area planning, History of Architecture, Colonialism and imperialism, Regional / International studies, Literary studies: post-colonial literature, Civil engineering, surveying & building, Urban communities, National liberation & independence, post-colonialism, National liberation and independence, Housing & homelessness, Housing and homelessness, Regional and area planning, Literary studies: postcolonial literature, Civil engineering, surveying and building, HISTORY / Asia / South / General