The Politics of open defecation: Informality, body, and infrastructure in Mumbai

Antipode

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 98-120

  Desai, Renu ^a   Mcfarlane, Colin ^b   Graham, Stephen ^c  

^a CEPT UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Body; Defecation; Informality; Infrastructure; Mumbai; Sanitation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84920486160     PISSN: 00664812     EISSN: 14678330     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/anti.12117     Document Type: Article

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