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| ISBN: | 0143415956 (ISBN13: 9780143415954) |
Shilpa Phadke
Hardcover | Pages: 280 pages Rating: 4.14 | 148 Users | 18 Reviews
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Presenting an original take on women’s safety in the cities of twenty-first century India, Why Loiter? maps the exclusions and negotiations that women from different classes and communities encounter in the nation’s urban public spaces.Basing this book on more than three years of research in Mumbai, Shilpa Phadke, Sameera Khan and Shilpa Ranade argue that though women’s access to urban public space has increased, they still do not have an equal claim to public space in the city. And they raise the question: can women’s access to public space be viewed in isolation from that of other marginal groups?
Going beyond the problem of the real and implied risks associated with women’s presence in public, they draw from feminist theory to argue that only by celebrating loitering—a radical act for most Indian women—can a truly equal, global city be created.
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| Title | : | Why Loiter?: Women and Risk on Mumbai Streets |
| Author | : | Shilpa Phadke |
| Book Format | : | Hardcover |
| Book Edition | : | Special Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 280 pages |
| Published | : | December 1st 2011 by Penguin Books (first published February 15th 2011) |
| Categories | : | Nonfiction. Feminism. Cultural. India. Gender. Womens |
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Ratings: 4.14 From 148 Users | 18 ReviewsRate Containing Books Why Loiter?: Women and Risk on Mumbai Streets
ive never read a book that more encompasses the GIRLS JUST WANNA HAVE FUN(DAMENTAL RIGHTS) vibeThe only complaint I have is that perhaps the constraint of the number of pages ensured that the researchers/authors had to fit in their observations in precise terms without any free flow. A very appropriate and apt topic, if only followed up with a longer piece of text. Recommended.
Aside from the fact that the book talks about the problems faced by women in Mumbai (or any city or simply anywhere in the world), there are so many illuminating references that better explain the issues discussed in the book. A very well researched work!I especially liked how the image of 'lower class men' is explained and how the perception of them being the predator is painted. Interestingly, this not only sheds light on the allegedly safety issue of women, but also the issue of the lower
"Loiter without purpose and meaning. Loiter without being asked what time of the day it is, why we are here, what we are wearing, and whom we are with. That is when we will truly belong to the city and the city to us" (188)."We believe that it is only by claiming the right to risk that women can truly claim citizenship. To do this we need to redefine our understanding of violence in relation to public space--to see not sexual assault, but the denial of access to public space as the worst
A wonderful treatise on womens safety in urban public spaces in the cities of today. Full of radical, revolutionary possibilities. Imagine our streets full of women?! A super essential read for everyone.
An excellent analysis of the open spaces of Bombay, this book was a delight to read. Highly recommended for its lucid writing and decoding of the city.Just finished this book, I'd bought it because it had been recommended to me by many people and I kept referring to the concept behind the book in conversations. First some technical details - I thought the numerous footnotes at the end of the book (62 pages of them!) made the book a bit tedious to read as I had to read the book with one finger at the back to follow the notes, which then interfered with the writing in the chapter. As a book that is hopefully meant for a non-academic audience,
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