Madhuri Desai

Banaras Reconstructed

Architecture and Sacred Space in a Hindu Holy City

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Produktbeschreibung

Madhuri Desai is associate professor of art history and Asian studies at the Pennsylvania State University. She is the coeditor of Colonial Frames, Nationalist Histories: Imperial Legacies, Architecture, and Modernity.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Washington Press
• Seitenzahl: 304
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. Juni 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 251mm x 175mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 676g
• ISBN-13: 9780295741994
• ISBN-10: 0295741996
• Artikelnr.: 46880605

Autorenporträt

Madhuri Desai is associate professor of art history and Asian studies at Penn State University and coauthor (with Mrinalini Rajagopalan) of Colonial Frames, National Histories: Imperial Legacies, Architecture and Modernity (Ashgate, 2012).

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction The Paradox of Banaras
1. Authenticity and Pilgrimage
2. Palimpsests and Authority
3. Expansion and Invention
4. Spectacle and Ritual
5. Order and Antiquity
6. Visions and Embellishments
Conclusion Banaras Revisited