Urban Planning in Bombay (1898-1928) Ambivalences, Inconsistencies and Struggles of the Colonial State

TY - JOUR

T1 - Urban Planning in Bombay (1898-1928) Ambivalences, Inconsistencies and Struggles of the Colonial State

AU - Parpiani, Maansi

PY - 2012/7/14

Y1 - 2012/7/14

N2 - This article discusses the contradictions and inconsistencies within colonial plans for the urban renewal of Bombay in the years between 1898 and 1928. It attempts to break the perception of the colonial state as a coherent, hegemonic force of domination. Instead, it brings out colonial discourses of pretence and mimicry, and of upholding dichotomies and camouflaging inconsistencies with the purpose of evolving more problematised concepts of colonial imperatives, intentionalities and rationalities.

AB - This article discusses the contradictions and inconsistencies within colonial plans for the urban renewal of Bombay in the years between 1898 and 1928. It attempts to break the perception of the colonial state as a coherent, hegemonic force of domination. Instead, it brings out colonial discourses of pretence and mimicry, and of upholding dichotomies and camouflaging inconsistencies with the purpose of evolving more problematised concepts of colonial imperatives, intentionalities and rationalities.

M3 - Journal article

SN - 0012-9976

VL - XLVII

JO - Economic and Political Weekly

JF - Economic and Political Weekly

IS - 28

ER -