| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 452 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Contents |
Urban Ethnography in the Global Interregnum / Lisa Björkman -- Development / Rachel Sturman -- Bunty Singh: Builder of Dreams / Lalitha Kamath -- Imran: Housing Contractor / Tobias Baitsch -- Dalpat: Manager of Services / Lisa Björkman -- Mehmoodbhai: Toilet Operator / Prasad Khanolkar -- Kaushal: Land Agglomerator / Llerena Guiu Searle -- Janu: Sister-Supervisor of Migrant Construction Workers / Uday Chandra -- Property / Lisa Björkman -- Dr. K: Middle-Class Social-worker / Yaffa Truelove -- Ashok Ravat: Shivaji Park's Sentinel / Lalit Vachani -- Shazia: Proof Maker / Sangeeta Banerji -- Nirmala: Kamathipura's Gatekeeper -- / Ratoola Kundu -- Farhad: 'Sue Maker' / Leilah Vevaina -- Business / Tarini Bedi -- Ramita: Surrogacy Agent / Daisy Deomampo -- Muhammad: Revalorizer of e-waste / Aneri Taskar -- Deepak: Making Mumbai (in China) / Ka-Kin Cheuk -- Lubaina: Framing 'Development' / Lubaina Rangwala -- Shankar: Delivering Authenticity / Ken Kuroda -- Mehrun-Nissa: Cooking up Value / Tarini Bedi -- Ramji: Business Energizer / Lisa Björkman -- Difference / Anjali Arondekar -- Bhimsen Gaikwad: Singer of Justice / Shailaja Paik -- Sultan: Image Manager / David Strohl -- Raj: Carting Cosmopolitanism / Maura Finkelstein -- Laxmi: Dealer in Emotion / R. Swaminathan -- Dharmsey: Assembler of Tradition / Edward Simpson -- Dalvi: Speaker of Cities / Gautam Pemmaraju -- Publics / Lisa Björkman and Michael Collins -- Shashi: Dot Connector / Rohan Shivkumar -- Anil Prakash: Amplifier of Cinema-Industrial Connection / Kathryn Hardy -- Gauravpant Mishra: Crowd-Maker / Sarthak Bagchi -- Srinivasan: Kingmaker / Simon Chauchard -- Madhu: Door Opener / Bhushan Koregaonkar -- Poornima: Designing Relations / Ajay Gandhi -- Truth / Lisa Björkman -- Rajani Pandit: Detector of Truths / Srimati Basu -- Pawan: Prison Master / Atreyee Sen -- AfzalTaximan: Rumour Navigator / Sahana Udupa -- Sujit: Master Communicator / Annelies Kusters -- Chadda: Report Maker / Prasad Shetty and Rupali Gupte -- Prakash: Data Entrepreneur / Amita Bhide -- Other Places, Other Times |
| Summary |
"Bombay Brokers collect thirty-six character profiles of men and women whose knowledge and labor--which is often seen as morally suspect--are essential for navigating everyday life in Bombay, one of the world's most complex, dynamic, and populous cities."-- Provided by publisher |
| Notes |
Includes index |
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Description based on print version record |
| Subject |
Urban anthropology -- India -- Mumbai
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Ethnology -- India -- Mumbai
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SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural
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Ethnology
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Urban anthropology
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India -- Mumbai
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Björkman, Lisa, 1977- editor.
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| LC no. |
2020027536 |
| ISBN |
1478013087 |
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9781478013082 |
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