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Auteur(s) : Prakash, Gyan (1952-....)
Titre(s) : Mumbai fables [Texte imprimé] / Gyan Prakash
Publication : Princeton N. J. : Princeton University Press, c2010
Description matérielle : xi, 396 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), maps ; 25 cm
Comprend : The mythic city ; The colonial Gothic ; The city on the sea ; The cosmopolis and
the nation ; The tabloid and the city ; From red to saffron ; Planning and dreaming
; Avenger on the street ; Dreamworlds.
Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references ([p. 353]-379) and index
"A place of spectacle and ruin, Mumbai exemplifies the cosmopolitan metropolis. It
is not just a big city but also a soaring vision of modern urban life. Millions from
India and beyond, of different ethnicities, languages, and religions, have washed
up on its shores, bringing with them their desires and ambitions. Mumbai Fables explores
the mythic inner life of this legendary city as seen by its inhabitants, journalists,
planners, writers, artists, filmmakers, and political activists. In this remarkable
cultural history of one of the world's most important urban centers, Gyan Prakash
unearths the stories behind its fabulous history, viewing Mumbai through its turning
points and kaleidoscopic ideas, comic book heroes, and famous scandals. Starting from
the catastrophic floods and terrorist attacks of recent years, Prakash reaches back
to the sixteenth-century Portuguese conquest to reveal the stories behind Mumbai's
historic journey. Examining Mumbai's role as a symbol of opportunity and reinvention,
he looks at its nineteenth-century development under British rule and its twentieth-century
emergence as a fabled city on the sea. Different layers of urban experience come to
light as he recounts the narratives of the Nanavati murder trial and the rise and
fall of the tabloid Blitz, and Mumbai's transformation from the red city of trade
unions and communists into the saffron city of Hindu nationalist Shiv Sena. Starry-eyed
planners and elite visionaries, cynical leaders and violent politicians of the street,
land sharks and underworld dons jostle with ordinary citizens and poor immigrants
as the city copes with the dashed dreams of postcolonial urban life and lurches into
the seductions of globalization. Shedding light on the city's past and present, Mumbai
Fables offers an unparalleled look at this extraordinary metropolis"--P. [2-3] of
dust jacket
Sujet(s) : Civilisation -- Bombay (Inde)
Bombay (Inde) -- Histoire
Bombay (Inde)
Genre ou forme : Biographie
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9780691142845 (hardcover) (alk. paper). - ISBN 069114284X (hardcover) (alk. paper).
- ISBN 9780691153179 (pbk.) (alk. paper). - ISBN 0691153175 (pbk.) (alk. paper)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb435477006
Notice n° :
FRBNF43547700
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