Monumental Matters analyzes the role of Mughal architecture¿magnificent tombs, mosques, forts, and palaces, such as the Taj Mahal¿in Indias cultural politics from the colonial era to the present.
Monumental Matters analyzes the role of Mughal architecture¿magnificent tombs, mosques, forts, and palaces, such as the Taj Mahal¿in Indias cultural politics from the colonial era to the present.
Acknowledgments ix Introduction 1 1. Breathing New Life into Old Stones: The Poets and Artists of the Mughal Monument in the Eighteenth Century 19 2. From Cunningham to Curzon: Producing the Mughal Monument in the Era of High Imperialism 49 3. Between Fantasy and Phantasmagoria: The Mughal Monument and the Structure of Touristic Desire 76 4. Rebuilding Indian Muslim Space from the Ruins of the Mughal "Moral City" 95 5. Tryst with Destiny: Nehru's and Gandhi's Mighal Monuments 127 6. The Ethics of Monumentality in Postindependence India 145 Epilogue 170 Notes 179 Bibliography 197 Index
Acknowledgments ix Introduction 1 1. Breathing New Life into Old Stones: The Poets and Artists of the Mughal Monument in the Eighteenth Century 19 2. From Cunningham to Curzon: Producing the Mughal Monument in the Era of High Imperialism 49 3. Between Fantasy and Phantasmagoria: The Mughal Monument and the Structure of Touristic Desire 76 4. Rebuilding Indian Muslim Space from the Ruins of the Mughal "Moral City" 95 5. Tryst with Destiny: Nehru's and Gandhi's Mighal Monuments 127 6. The Ethics of Monumentality in Postindependence India 145 Epilogue 170 Notes 179 Bibliography 197 Index
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