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

Maansi Parpiani

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

Department of Cross-Cultural and Regional Studies

Abstract

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.

Original language	English
Journal	Economic and Political Weekly
Volume	XLVII
Issue number	28
ISSN	0012-9976
Publication status	Published - 14 Jul 2012

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

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