Slums and Shanty towns

Atreyee Sen

doi:10.1002/9781118924396

Slums and Shanty towns

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This entry offers an overview of conceptual complexities surrounding anthropological understandings of slums and shanty towns. It traces the historical role of slums in urban anthropology and highlights the definitional and methodological challenges that underlie ethnographic studies of urban poverty.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	The International Encyclopedia of Anthropology
Editors	Hilary Callan
Publisher	Wiley
Publication date	2018
ISBN (Electronic)	9781118924396
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/9781118924396
Publication status	Published - 2018

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