Banaras reconstructed : architecture and sacred space in a Hindu holy city / Madhuri Desai.

Author
Desai, Madhuri (Madhuri Shrikant) [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
Seattle : University of Washington Press, [2017]
Description
x, 292 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm

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    Series
    Global South Asia [More in this series]
    Summary note
    Between the late sixteenth and early twentieth centuries, Banaras, the iconic Hindu center in northern India that is often described as the oldest living city in the world, was reconstructed materially as well as imaginatively, and embellished with temples, monasteries, mansions, and ghats (riverfront fortress-palaces). Banaras's refurbished sacred landscape became the subject of pilgrimage maps and its spectacular riverfront was depicted in panoramas and described in travelogues. Madhuri Desai examines the confluences, as well as the tensions, that have shaped this complex and remarkable city. In so doing, she raises issues central to historical as well as contemporary Indian identity and delves into larger questions about religious urban environments in South Asia.
    Notes
    Outgrowth of the author's thesis (Ph. D.--University of California, Berkeley, 2008) under the title: Resurrecting Banaras : urban space, architecture and religious boundaries.
    Bibliographic references
    Includes bibliographical references and index.
    Contents
    • ch. One Authenticity and Pilgrimage
    • ch. Two Palimpsests and Authority
    • ch. Three Expansion and Invention
    • ch. Four Spectacle and Ritual
    • ch. Five Order and Antiquity
    • ch. Six Visions and Embellishments. Conclusion: Banaras revisited.
    ISBN
    • 9780295741604 ((hardcover ; : alkaline paper))
    • 0295741600 ((hardcover ; : alkaline paper))
    • 9780295741994 ((paperback ; : alkaline paper))
    • 0295741996 ((paperback ; : alkaline paper))
    LCCN
    2016050496
    OCLC
    962140580
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