Episode 13: Masculinities in cities

In this episode, I talk to Romit Chowdhury, Assistant Professor of Sociology (Erasmus University College, the Netherlands) about masculinities in cities based on his book “City of Men: Masculinities and Everyday Morality on Public Transport” published in 2023.

Romit’s recommended resources:

-  Srivastava, S. (2015). Entangled Urbanism: Slum, Gated Community, and Shopping Mall in Delhi and Gurgaon. New Delhi: Oxford University Press.

-  McDowell, L. (2011). Capital culture: Gender at work in the city. John Wiley & Sons.

- Siemiatycki, M., Enright, T., & Valverde, M. (2019). The gendered production of infrastructure. Progress in Human Geography. https://doi.org/10.1177/0309132519828458

Romit’s highlighted work:

-  Chowdhury, R. (2020). Homosocial trust in urban policing: Masculinities and traffic law enforcement in the gendered city. City, 24(3–4), 493–511.  https://doi.org/10.1080/13604813.2020.1781410 - Chowdhury, R. (2023). City of Men: Masculinities and Everyday Morality on Public Transport. Rutgers University Press.

- Chowdhury, R. (2020). Density as urban affect: the enchantment of Tokyo’s crowds. Urban Geography, 41(10), 1277-1283. https://doi.org/10.1080/02723638.2020.1850988

Thank you to Elmeri Tommiska for the music and to Jyri Väisänen for the post-production assistance.