Why Loiter?: Women And Risk On Mumbai Streets

Shilpa Phadke

ISBN 10: 0143415956 / ISBN 13: 9780143415954

Published by Penguin Books, 2011

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Synopsis:

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.

Bibliographic Details

Title: Why Loiter?: Women And Risk On Mumbai Streets
Publisher: Penguin Books
Publication Date: 2011
Binding: Paperback
Condition: Good
Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket