Monumental matters the power, subjectivity, and space of India's Mughal architecture

Monumental Matters analyzes the role of Mughal architecture-magnificent tombs, mosques, forts, and palaces, such as the Taj Mahal-in India s cultural politics from the colonial era to the present.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Kavuri-Bauer, Santhi, 1968- (-)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Durham, NC : Duke University Press 2011.
Colección:e-Duke books scholarly collection.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Breathing new life into old stones : the poets and artists of the Mughal monument in the eighteenth century
  • From Cunningham to Curzon : producing the Mughal monument in the era of high imperialism
  • Between fantasy and phantasmagoria : the Mughal monument and the structure of touristic desire
  • Rebuilding Indian Muslim space from the ruins of the Mughal "moral city"
  • Tryst with destiny : Nehru's and Gandhi's Mughal monuments
  • The ethics of monumentality in postindependence India.