Landscapes of Urban Memory : The Sacred and the Civic in India's High-Tech City
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Format
Paperback / Softback
Book Series
Globalization and Community
ISBN-10
0816636168
ISBN-13
9780816636167
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press
Imprint
University of Minnesota Press
Country of Manufacture
US
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Aug 10th, 2001
Print length
360 Pages
Weight
472 grams
Dimensions
23.00 x 15.20 x 2.00 cms
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A rich analysis of religion, civic life, and global transformation in India.
Established in the middle of the sixteenth century, Bangalore has today become a center for high-technology research and production, the new “Silicon Valley” of India, with a metropolitan population approaching six million. It is also the site of the very popular annual performance called the “Karaga” dedicated to Draupadi, the polyandrous wife of the heroes of the pan-Indian epic of the Mahabharata.
Through her analysis of this performance and its significance for the sense of the civic in Bangalore, Smriti Srinivas shows how constructions of locality and globality emerge from existing cultural milieus and how articulations of the urban are modes of cultural self-invention tied to historical, spatial, somatic, and ritual practices. The book highlights cultural practices embedded in urbanization, and moves beyond economistic arguments about globalization or their reliance on the European polis or the American metropolis as models. Drawing from urban studies, sociology, anthropology, performance studies, religion, and history, Landscapes of Urban Memory greatly expands our understanding of how the civic is constructed.Get Landscapes of Urban Memory by at the best price and quality guaranteed only at Werezi Africa's largest book ecommerce store. The book was published by University of Minnesota Press and it has pages.
