Social Spaces and the Public Sphere: A Spatial-history of Modernity in Kerala (Hardcover-2022)
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About the Book: What can social spaces tell us about social relations in society? How do everyday social spaces like teashops, reading rooms, and libraries reify—or subvert—dominant social structures like caste and gender? These are the questions that this book explores through a study of modern Kerala. Using archival material, discourse analysis, participant observation, and personal interviews, this book traces the transformation of public spaces through the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. The volume focuses on how "modernity" has also been a struggle for access to public spaces, and non-institutional spaces like teashops, markets, public roads, temple grounds, reading rooms, and libraries have all been crucial to how political culture was shaped, and how dominant hegemonies—caste, class, or capital—have been challenged. It suggests that the secular public sphere that emerged in the last century in Kerala was a result of the constant negotiations between conflicting ideas which were put to test in these social spaces. At a time when digital spaces are fast replacing physical ones, this book is a timely reminder of the struggles that led to the emergence of secular public spaces in Kerala. It contributes to similar studies on public space that have emerged from other parts of the world over the last decades.
ISBN13 | 9781032779614 |
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Product Name | Social Spaces and the Public Sphere: A Spatial-history of Modernity in Kerala (Hardcover-2022) |
Price | ₹1,295.00 |
Original Price | INR 1295 |
Author | S. Harikrishnan |
Publisher | Routledge India |
Publication Year | 2022 |
Subject | History |
Binding | Hardcover |
Edition | South Asia Edition |
Language | English |
Pages | 252 |
Weight | 0.500000 |
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