Hilal Ahmed

Muslim Political Discourse in Postcolonial India

Monuments, Memory, Contestation

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Produktbeschreibung

The book examines the postcolonial Muslim political discourse through monuments. It establishes a link between the process by which historic buildings become monuments and the gradual transformation of these historic/legal entities into political objects. The author studies the multiple interpretations of Indo-Islamic historical buildings aspolit

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge India
• Seitenzahl: 346
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. April 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 436g
• ISBN-13: 9780367176884
• ISBN-10: 0367176882
• Artikelnr.: 57008897

Autorenporträt

Hilal Ahmed is Assistant Professor, Centre for the Study of Developing Societies (CSDS), New Delhi.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface. Acknowledgements. 1. Introduction 2. Monumentalisation in Colonial
India: Discovery of an Indian Muslim Architectural Heritage 3.
Monumentalisation in Postcolonial India: Conservation, Law and Muslim
Politics 4. Jama Masjid and the Political Memory of a Royal Muslim Past 5.
Babri Masjid and the Muslim Politics of Right to Heritage 6. Conclusion.
Appendices. Select Bibliography. About the Author. Index