Cultural Landscapes of India : Imagined, Enacted, and Reclaimed /

Cultural Landscapes of India : Imagined, Enacted, and Reclaimed / Amita Sinha.

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"Most people view cultural heritage sites as static places, frozen in time. In Cultural Landscapes in India, Amita Sinha subverts the idea of heritage as static and examines the ways that landscapes influence culture and that culture influences landscapes. The book centers around imagining, ena...

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Online Access: Full Text (via EBSCO)
Main Author: Sinha, Amita (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Pittsburgh, Pa. : University of Pittsburgh Press, [2020]
Subjects:
Historic sites > Conservation and restoration > India > Case studies.
Cultural property > Protection > India.
Cultural landscapes > India > Case studies.
Historic sites > India.
Antiquities.
Cultural landscapes.
Cultural property > Protection.
Historic sites.
Historic sites > Conservation and restoration.
India > Antiquities.
India.
Case studies.
Table of Contents:
  • Contested Site
  • Lost City
  • Natural Hierophanies
  • Urban Mandala
  • Period Eye
  • Immersion
  • Circumambulation
  • Pavagadh Hill
  • Kalikho Hills
  • Delhi Ridge
  • Tapovan
  • Indo-Islamic Garden
  • Colonial Garden
  • Garden City
  • Municipal Park
  • Hazrat Mahal
  • Lakshmi Bai
  • Mayawati.

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