Livio Boni and Marine Carrin-Bouez, Villes Post-Coloniales en Inde

Abstract

What is the Indian city, and more specifically, what are post-colonial Indian cities, are the two interrelated questions that this small, informative and unusual volume published by the Presses Universitaires de Provence, uniquely addresses. There is a continuous tension running throughout the book as chapters counterbalance between qualifying the idea of “the Indian city” as a whole, and acknowledging the diversity of “real Indian cities.” The stage is set beginning with the philosophical an...