Space-body-ritual : performativity in the city / Reena Tiwari.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Tiwari, Reena, 1964-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

City and town life--India--Vārānasi (Uttar Pradesh : District).

City and town life.

Sociology, Urban--India--Vārānasi (Uttar Pradesh : District).

Sociology, Urban.

Public spaces--India--Vārānasi (Uttar Pradesh : District).

Public spaces.

Spatial behavior--India--Vārānasi (Uttar Pradesh : District).

Spatial behavior.

Human body--Social aspects--India--Vārānasi (Uttar Pradesh : District).

Human body.

Human body--Symbolic aspects--India--Vārānasi (Uttar Pradesh : District).

Vārānasi (Uttar Pradesh, India : District)--Social life and customs.

Vārānasi (Uttar Pradesh, India : District).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (241 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Md. : Lexington Books, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

SpaceDBodyDRitual emphasizes the need for careful design of public spaces by creating opportunities for 'performativities' in everyday spaces of the city-its streets and squares. Tiwari compels her readers to think the parameters of spatial design as cultural generator.

Contents:

pt. 1. Constructing lived space

pt. 2. The nature of lived space

pt. 3. Mapping lived space.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed.

ISBN:

979-82-16-31506-3

1-282-56178-2

9786612561788

0-7391-4763-3

OCLC:

813292634