Landscapes of urban memory : the sacred and the civic in India's high-tech city / Smriti Srinivas.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Srinivas, Smriti.

Series:

Globalization and community ; v. 9.

Globalization and community ; v. 9

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

High technology industries--India--Bangalore.

High technology industries.

Urban beautification--India--Bangalore.

Urban beautification.

Hinduism--Social aspects--India--Bangalore.

Hinduism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (360 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, c2001.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The city of Bangalore has become a center for high-technology research and production, the new “Silicon Valley” of India. It is also the site of the very popular annual performance called the “Karaga” dedicated to Draupadi, the polyandrous wife of the her.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Note on Transliteration and Translation

List of Illustrations

List of Tables

List of Abbreviations

Acknowledgments

Introduction

1. Civic Rituals in the New "Silicon Valley

2. Models of the Garden City

3. The Urban Performative Complex

4. The Children of Fire

5. The Primal Goddess, the Polyandrous Spouse, and Celibate Warriors

6. Cities and Forests

Conclusion

Appendix: Survey of Vahnikula Kshatriya Households in Bangalore

Notes

Glossary

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Bibliography

Index

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Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-8166-9177-0

0-8166-3616-8

OCLC:

180702362