Technotopias, Consumer Cultures, and the Gendered City
(2024)
Book Chapter
Srivastava, S. (2024). Technotopias, Consumer Cultures, and the Gendered City. In C. Brosius, J. de Kloet, L. Abu-Er-Rub, & M. Butcher (Eds.), Being Single in the City: Cultural Geographies of Gendered Urban Space in Asia (231-253). Heidelberg University Publishing. https://doi.org/10.17885/heiup.1425.c20542
Discourses of post-colonial urbanism are characterized by a pervasive emphasis on technology as panacea to problems of governance, policy, and social interaction. The idea that technology will overcome deep-rooted structural malaise and lead to admin... Read More about Technotopias, Consumer Cultures, and the Gendered City.