Urban Undesirables: Volume 1 by Anant Kamath (Hardback Book)

Name: Urban Undesirables: Volume 1 by Anant Kamath (Hardback Book)
Brand: Cambridge University Press

Cambridge University Press

This book presents urban transition experiences over nearly three decades in Bangalore based on the narratives of the city's street-based sex workers. Sex workers \u2013 female, male, and transgender \u2013 have been omnipresent in Bangalore's streets for decades. However, despite being blacklisted as 'undesirable' and hazards to the 'ideal public', they have their own unique imaginaries and narratives of the city and its mutations. In mapping out their spatial and social ecosystems and experiences with technology, this book redraws, rewrites, and relooks at a city and its transformations from their perspectives. The analysis of their experience is anchored to concepts around neoliberal urbanism, gender, labour informality, and the politics of technology. The authors take an unconventional journey\n\nUrban Undesirables: Volume 1\nCity Transition and Street-Based Sex Work in Bangalore\nFree UK delivery on this item.\n\nThis brand new item is available with free UK delivery using Royal;