Banaras: Urban Forms and Cultural Histories
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Edition
1st ed.
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ISBN
9780415693776
Length
264p., 24cm.
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Based on original research and with a fascinating collection of archival and contemporary photographs, this volume is a unique analysis of Banaras in recent times, with its urban and cultural components examined in their many facets. Supplementing earlier, more traditional accounts that have focused on the city’s religious landscape, the book explores the essential ambiguity of colonialism and modernization in a city otherwise defined by narratives of ...
