Spectral Housing and Urban Cleansing: Notes on Millennial Mumbai

Until the 1960s, Bombay, now called Mumbai, was a comfortable place in which to live & work. After that time, changes slowly came about that completely changed how people lived, & the city became a malignant place. This change gave a xenophobic regional party, the Shiva Sena -- a pro-native,...

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Published in:Public culture 2000-10, Vol.12 (3), p.627-651
Main Author: Appadurai, Arjun
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Anthropology
Asian Studies
Bombay, India
Capital
Cities
Citizenship
Cosmopolitanism
Ethnicity
Globalization
Hinduism
Housing
India
Maharashtra
Marxism
Political Culture
Political History
Political Parties
Regionalism
Sociology
Uncertainty
Urban politics
Urban Studies
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Summary:Until the 1960s, Bombay, now called Mumbai, was a comfortable place in which to live & work. After that time, changes slowly came about that completely changed how people lived, & the city became a malignant place. This change gave a xenophobic regional party, the Shiva Sena -- a pro-native, Marathi-centered movement for ethnic control -- the opportunity to control the city. During the 1970s, 1980s, & into the 1990s, the party gradually ethnicized the city, while crucial changes in trade, finance, & industrial manufacture took place. The article highlights the ambiguities that divide & connect cash & capital & shows that this disjuncture helps explain how cosmopolitanism in Bombay has been compromised. To do this, it describes the cash flow in the city, the housing situation, & the violent way in which Hinduism was made dominant. E. Larsen
ISSN:0899-2363
1527-8018
DOI:10.1215/08992363-12-3-627