AP/SOSC 3516 6.00 Slums and the Subaltern: Theory, Economy and Representation

AP/SOSC 3516 6.00

Slums and the Subaltern: Theory, Economy and Representation

Slums and the Subaltern: Theory, Economy and Representation investigates what it means to be named “subaltern” and why this figure is assumed to be devoid of subjectivity. With little recognition, decipherable identity or social agency how do theories of the subaltern render the subaltern visible, audible, political? That is, a subject? How does a slum dweller, for example, become a global citizen?