Umfang:
xv, 244 Seiten
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Illustrationen, Karten
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27 cm
ISBN:
9780226283470
Serie:
South Asia across the disciplines
Inhalt:
Building Histories" offers innovative accounts of five medieval monuments in Delhi the Red Fort, Rasul Numa dargah, Jama Masjid, Purana Qila, and Qutb complex tracing their modern lives from the nineteenth century into the twentieth. Mrinalini Rajagopalan argues that the modern construction of the history of these monuments entailed the careful selection, manipulation, and regulation of the past by both the colonial and later postcolonial states. Although framed as objective "archival" truths, these histories were meant to erase or marginalize the powerful and persistent affective appropriations of the monuments by groups who often existed outside of the center of power. By analyzing these archival and affective histories together, Rajagopalan works to redefine the historic monument far from a symbol of a specific past, the monument is shown in Building Histories to be a culturally mutable object with multiple stories to tell
Anmerkung:
Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 229-238
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Erratum slip inserted
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 9780226331898
Weitere Ausg.:
Erscheint auch als Online-Ausgabe Rajagopalan, Mrinalini Building Histories Chicago, IL : University of Chicago Press, 2017 ISBN 9780226331898
Sprache:
Englisch
Fachgebiete:
Ethnologie
Schlagwort(e):
Delhi
;
Baudenkmal
;
Islamische Architektur
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Stadtentwicklung
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Geschichte 1857-2000
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