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Bombay brokers / edited by Lisa Björkman.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- e-Duke books scholarly collection
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Urban anthropology--India--Mumbai.
- Urban anthropology.
- Ethnology--India--Mumbai.
- Ethnology.
- India--Mumbai.
- Genre:
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xii, 452 pages) : illustrations, maps.
- Place of Publication:
- Durham : Duke University Press, 2021.
- System Details:
- Mode of Access: World Wide Web.
- data file
- 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.
- 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.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes index.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Bombay brokers.
- ISBN:
- 9781478013082
- 1478013087
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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