Shilpa Phadke,Sameera Khan,Shilpa Ranade
Presenting an original take on womenâ€™s safety in the cities of twenty-first century India, Why Loiter? maps the exclusions and negotiations that women from different classes and communities encounter in the nationâ€™s urban public spaces.,Basing this book on more than three years of research in Mumbai, Shilpa Phadke, Sameera Khan and Shilpa Ranade argue that though womenâ€™s access to urban public space has increased, they still do not have an equal claim to public space in the city. And they raise the question: can womenâ€™s access to public space be viewed in isolation from that of other marginal groups?,Going beyond the problem of the real and implied risks associated with womenâ€™s presence in public, they draw from feminist theory to argue that only by celebrating loiteringâ€”a radical act for most Indian womenâ€”can a truly equal, global city be created.
Nonfiction,Feminism,Cultural,India,Cities,Urban Studies,Gender,Womens,Asian Literature,Indian Literature
Why Loiter?: Women and Risk on Mumbai Streets