World-class city making -- Gentrifying the state : governing through property -- Nuisance talk : from sensory disgust to urban abjection -- Aesthetic criminalization : the nuisance of slums -- World-class detritus : the sense of unbelonging -- The propriety of property : resettlement and the pursuit of belonging -- Conclusion
Summary
'Rule by Aesthetics' draws on extensive fieldwork in Delhi's slums, courtrooms and state offices to shed fresh light on the violent underpinnings of contemporary city making. Presenting a new theory of urban power, Ghertner shows how aesthetic codes replaced conventional city planning tools in Delhi's millennial slum clearance drive
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes
Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed October 7, 2015)
