Architecture and Urbanism in a Contact Zone: Histories of Difference, Migrancy and Dwelling in Kolkata...

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Mark Mukherjee Campbell

Architecture and Urbanism in a Contact Zone

Histories of Difference, Migrancy and Dwelling in Kolkata

Mark Mukherjee Campbell

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English

Routledge
09 August 2023

Regional studies; Urban communities; Regional geography; The environment; Regional & area planning

Series: Architecture and Urbanism in the Global South

This book explores how histories of migration, cultural encounter and transculturation have shaped formations of urban space, domestic architecture and cultural modernity in Kolkata from the early colonial period to the beginning of the era of India’s economic liberalization. It charts how these themes were manifest in what was an important ‘contact zone’ in the history of globalization and the modern city.

Drawing on a wide range of resources and representations, from urban plans and architectural drawings to European travel journals and Bengali literature and cinema, the book investigates the history of Kolkata through an examination of key urban and architectural spaces across the colonial and postcolonial epochs. Through illustrated chapters, it sheds new light on questions of difference and segregation, cultural hybridity, migration, and entanglements of tradition and modernity in the city, analyzing spaces inhabited by a diverse range of cultures, including several neglected in previous studies.

Architecture and Urbanism in a Contact Zone offers an instructive contribution to the fields of global architectural history and theory, urban studies and postcolonial cultural studies for scholars, researchers and students alike.

By: Mark Mukherjee Campbell
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
Weight: 453g
ISBN: 9781138328020
ISBN 10: 1138328022
Series: Architecture and Urbanism in the Global South
Pages: 208
Publication Date: 09 August 2023
Audience: College/higher education , Primary
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Introduction Part 1. Urban space 1 Difference, segregation and hybrid urbanism in colonial Calcutta 2 Colonial modernity, migrancy and urban residence 3 Postcolonial Kolkata Part 2. Domestic space 4 Domestic architecture, difference and hybridity 5 Tensions between tradition and modernity in domestic architecture 6 Domestic architecture and migrancy Conclusion

Mark Mukherjee Campbell is a Senior Lecturer in Architecture at the University of Hertfordshire.