Kavuri-Bauer Monumental Matters

The Power, Subjectivity, and Space of India’s Mughal Architecture
1. Auflage 2011
ISBN: 978-0-8223-9376-4
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 232 Seiten

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

Autoren/Hrsg.

Kavuri-Bauer, Santhi

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Architektur Geschichte der Architektur, Baugeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Asiatische Geschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments ix

Introduction 1

1. Breathing New Life into Old Stones: The Poets and Artists of the Mughal Monument in the Eighteenth Century 19

2. From Cunningham to Curzon: Producing the Mughal Monument in the Era of High Imperialism 49

3. Between Fantasy and Phantasmagoria: The Mughal Monument and the Structure of Touristic Desire 76

4. Rebuilding Indian Muslim Space from the Ruins of the Mughal "Moral City" 95

5. Tryst with Destiny: Nehru's and Gandhi's Mighal Monuments 127

6. The Ethics of Monumentality in Postindependence India 145

Epilogue 170

Notes 179

Bibliography 197

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Santhi Kavuri-Bauer is Associate Professor of Art History at San Francisco State University.