{"product_id":"mumbai-taximen-9780295749860","title":"Mumbai Taximen","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A landmark book across a range of disciplines, and it makes for compelling and enjoyable reading.\"\u003c\/p\u003e * Asian Studies Review *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eMumbai Taximen\u003c\/i\u003e accomplishes several things. While it offers an ethnographic account of an automobility that is part of a distinctively non-Western mode of capitalism, first and foremost it constitutes an intriguing case study of how a vehicle may be appropriated as a metaphor of social identity and moral agency. . . [T]he book includes sharply drawn vignettes that bring us into the practices and concerns of daily life. These will make the volume especially useful in the classroom.\"\u003c\/p\u003e * Ethnos *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"[T]heoretically and empirically rich. . . This book is an important contribution to work on the critical occupation of taxi-driving (related to urban mobility), which is currently undergoing a rapid transformation driven by technology and the aspirations of post-colonial citizens and the state.\"\u003c\/p\u003e * Pacific Affairs *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eMumbai Taximen\u003c\/i\u003e’s narrative genius lies in the author’s “sensuous approach” which effectively transports the reader into the embodied, lived worlds of Indian automobility. . . [B]y inviting (indeed impelling) the reader into the lives of Mumbai’s taximen, in all its material messiness, palpable precariousness, quiet comforts, and dignified dangers, Bedi’s narrative puts up a roadblock to the charting of any easy path from social critique to straightforward solutions. This book unsettles. Which is why it needs to be read.\"\u003c\/p\u003e * Journal of Asian Studies *","brand":"University of Washington Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49083461697879,"sku":"9780295749860","price":27.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780295749860.jpg?v=1725549018","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/mumbai-taximen-9780295749860","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}