Screen LibraryBuilding histories : the archival and affective lives of five monuments in modern Delhi /
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...
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The University of Chicago Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Chicago : |
| Publication Dates: | 2016. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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South Asia across the disciplines
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| Summary: |
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 appropriat |
| Carrier Form: | xv, 244 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 26 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-238) and index. |
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9780226283470 (hardback : alkaline paper) : 022628347X (hardback : alkaline paper) 9780226331898 (e-book) 022633189X (e-book) |
| Index Number: | NA1508 |
| CLC: | TU-881.351 |
| Call Number: | TU-881.351/R161 |