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This study is a concise introduction to Bruno Latour's Actor-Network Theory and its application in a literary analysis of urban narratives of the 21st century. We encounter well-known psycho-geographers such as Iain Sinclair and Sam Miller, and renowned authors, Patrick Neate and Suketu Mehta. Prachi More analyses these authors' accounts of vastly different cities such as London, Delhi, Mumbai, Johannesburg, New York and Tokyo. Are these urban narratives a contemporary solution to documenting an ever-evasive urban reality? If so, how do they embody "matters of concern" as Latour would have put it, laying bare modern-day "actors" and "networks" rather than reporting mere "matters of fact"? These questions are drawn into an inter-disciplinary discussion that addresses concerns and questions of epistemology, the sociology of knowledge as well as urban and documentary studies.

Literature --- Appraisal of books --- Books --- Evaluation of literature --- Criticism --- Literary style --- History and criticism. --- Appraisal --- Evaluation --- ANT. --- Actor-Network Theory. --- Bruno Latour. --- City. --- Documentary. --- Documenting Strategy. --- Epistemology. --- General Literature Studies. --- Global South. --- Knowledge Production. --- Literary Studies. --- Literature. --- Megacity. --- Narrative. --- Realism. --- Representation. --- Sociology. --- Theory of Literature. --- Urban Cities. --- Urban Studies. --- Materialism; Realism; Documentary; Representation; Urban Cities; Global South; Bruno Latour; Actor-Network Theory; ANT; Megacity; Documenting Strategy; Narrative; Knowledge Production; Epistemology; Sociology; Literature; City; General Literature Studies; Urban Studies; Theory of Literature; Literary Studies

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The inequalities that structure relationships in Delhi's urban slums have left the health of women living there chronically vulnerable. Yet for women living in slums, there is no other option than to depend on someone. Based on fourteen months of intensive fieldwork with ten families in a Delhi slum, No One Will Let Her Live argues that women rely on moral strategies to confront the poverty and unstable relationships that threaten their well-being. Claire Snell-Rood breaks new ground by delineating the complex ways in which women set boundaries, maintain their independence, and develop a nuanced sense of selfhood that draws on endurance, asceticism, mobility, and citizenship.

Well-being --- Poor women --- Feminization of poverty --- Women, Poor --- Poor --- Women --- Welfare (Personal well-being) --- Wellbeing --- Quality of life --- Happiness --- Health --- Wealth --- Health and hygiene --- Social conditions. --- Economic conditions --- Well-being - India - Delhi. --- asceticism. --- citizenship. --- delhi slum. --- delhi. --- demolition. --- endurance. --- family. --- gender and women studies. --- gender studies. --- health. --- human condition. --- impoverished women. --- independence. --- india. --- inequality. --- mobility. --- moral citizenship. --- moral strategies. --- morality. --- neighbors. --- poor. --- poverty. --- public policy. --- relationships. --- selfhood. --- setting boundaries. --- slum environment. --- social services. --- survival. --- urban cities. --- urban slums. --- urban studies. --- urban. --- well being. --- women living in slums.