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100	1		_aPatel, Dhara _c(Dhara Ramesh), _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aGated luxury condominiums in India : _ba socio-spatial arena for new cosmopolitans / _cDhara Patel.
264		1	_aAbingdon, Oxon : _bRoutledge, _c2024.
300			_axv, 271 pages : _billustrations (chiefly color), color map ; _c23 cm.
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
490	0		_aRoutledge research in architecture
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505	0		_aThe allure of exclusivity : imagery, investment and identity -- Liminal luxury : identity and spatial constructs -- Dwellings and social prestige--vernacular, colonial, postcolonial India -- The new cosmopolitans--modern domesticity -- Old discriminations, new spatial mechanisms : the spectacle of consumption -- From global to neocolonial? progression of type -- Beyond the gates : unpacking social mobility and spatial politics.
520			_a"Gated Luxury Condominiums in India: A Socio-Spatial Arena for New Cosmopolitans critically examines gated luxury condominiums in contemporary India, exploring their role in shaping elite power and identity within the framework of neoliberalism. It delves into the spatial structure, perception and post-occupancy experience of these enclaves, offering valuable insights into India's urban development. This book convincingly elucidates the complex socio-spatial transformations underway in India, inviting readers to understand the depth and breadth of these changes, particularly within the rapidly expanding middle and upper-middle classes. It adopts a robust multi-disciplinary approach, combining methodologies such as spatial ethnography, threshold mapping, qualitative interviews and discourse analysis. Focused on the architectural typology of luxury condominiums, the study serves as a lens for broader social transformations grounded in case studies from Mumbai and Pune. Through a meticulous dissection of the lived experiences of various categories of users - owners, visitors, and service staff - the book unveils the complex socio-spatial hierarchies perpetuated within these enclaves. Drawing on theories of cosmopolitanism and postcolonial critiques, the monograph makes a significant scholarly contribution to the disciplines of architecture and the built environment. It fills a gap in the existing literature on modern domesticity in India, offering original research that highlights how architecture is instrumental in socially divisive practices of elite formation. It will appeal to scholars, researchers and students across disciplines like architecture, landscape design, spatial sociology, urban studies and area studies, focusing on India and South Asia. It is particularly compelling for those interested in the sociocultural dynamics of the middle class, encompassing themes such as domesticity, material culture and spatial politics within the context of Indian condominiums"--
650		0	_aCondominiums _zIndia.
650		0	_aGated communities _zIndia.
650		0	_aHigh-rise apartment buildings _zIndia.
650		0	_aElite (Social sciences) _xDwellings _zIndia.
650		0	_aArchitecture and globalization _zIndia.
651		0	_aIndia _xEconomic conditions _y1991-
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