Urban marginalisation in South Asia (Record no. 25861)
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| fixed length control field | 02630 a2200205 4500 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| ISBN | 9780367025359 |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 363.72820954147 |
| Item number | SEN-U |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--AUTHOR NAME | |
| Personal name | Sen, Nandini |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Urban marginalisation in South Asia |
| Sub Title | : waste pickers in Calcutta |
| 250 ## - EDITION STATEMENT | |
| Edition statement | Special Indian Edition |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Name of publisher | Routledge |
| Year of publication | 2018 |
| Place of publication | London |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Number of Pages | viii, 121p. |
| 440 ## - SERIES STATEMENT/ADDED ENTRY--TITLE | |
| Title | Routledge/Edinburg South Asian studies series/ Crispin Bates |
| 504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE | |
| Bibliography, etc | Include Bibliography |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc | The community of waste pickers in Calcutta stands on its own against the hostile outside which comprises the state, elites and mainstream society. The residents of this unique world continuously try to escape the ‘ideal’ world of uniform homogeneity of the legally legitimate profession, shelter, sanitation, education, healthcare, savings, credit and cultural activities of the mainstream. This book examines the lives and society of a marginalised urban community of waste pickers living within the city of Calcutta, and yet on the periphery of mainstream society. Through interpretive ethnography of the studied community focusing on ideological marginalisation, as distinct from economic marginalisation, the book studies the community and their world. It uniquely presents a volume of work in the field of ideological or socio-cultural marginalisation: showing how and why socio-cultural marginalisation is expressed through the daily experiences of material and emotional dilapidation, and physical and socio-cultural seclusion as experienced by the waste picking community in Calcutta. It provides an extensive and intimate discourse on the decay of the soul and mind, breakdown of the interpersonal and neighbourhood ties through the mediation of the biased state, mainstream and elite policies attached with the defamed peripheral regions of the city. It argues that ideological marginalisation represents alternative resistance to exploitation through silent defiance, non-participation and non-cooperation by the marginalised people with mainstream society, state and non-governmental organisations (NGOs). It concludes that there is a large scope for studying the negotiation skills of waste pickers/marginalised people in terms of their business with their retailers which help them attain some economic returns, although they still lack social capital, networking skills and human capital. |
| 546 ## - LANGUAGE NOTE | |
| Language note | 100 1009156<br/> 100 1198516<br/> 100 1892339<br/>3 1086616<br/> 3 1244520<br/> |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Marginality, Social |
| Form subdivision | Civilization |
| -- | Racism |
| Geographic subdivision | South Asia |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Social customs |
| Form subdivision | Race relations |
| -- | Ragpickers |
| Geographic subdivision | Kolkata |
| -- | India |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
| Source of classification or shelving scheme | |
| Koha item type | Books |
| Withdrawn status | Lost status | Damaged status | Not for loan | Permanent Location | Current Location | Date acquired | Source of acquisition | Cost, normal purchase price | Bill Date | Full call number | Accession Number | Cost, replacement price | Price effective from | Koha item type |
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| NASSDOC Library | NASSDOC Library | 2019-12-27 | OP | 434.35 | 2019-12-20 | 363.72820954147 SEN-U | 50681 | 595.00 | 2019-12-27 | Books |