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Spectacular cities : religion, landscape, and the dialectics of globalization / Ipsita Chatterjee.
LIBRA HT185 .C43 2016
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Chatterjee, Ipsita, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Public spaces--India.
- Public spaces.
- Public spaces--United States.
- Urban landscape architecture--India.
- Urban landscape architecture.
- Hindu temples--Social aspects--United States.
- Hindu temples.
- Hindu temples--Social aspects--India.
- Swami-Narayanis--United States.
- Swami-Narayanis.
- Globalization--Religious aspects.
- Globalization.
- Culture and globalization.
- Hindu temples--Social aspects.
- India.
- United States.
- Multikulturelle Gesellschaft.
- Spiritualität.
- Stadt.
- Stadtplanung.
- Tempelbau.
- Transnationalisierung.
- Local Subjects:
- Public spaces.
- Culture and globalization.
- Globalization--Religious aspects.
- Hindu temples--Social aspects.
- Swami-Narayanis.
- Urban landscape architecture.
- Multikulturelle Gesellschaft.
- Spiritualität.
- Stadt.
- Stadtplanung.
- Tempelbau.
- Transnationalisierung.
- Physical Description:
- xvi, 194 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New Delhi, India : Oxford University Press, 2016.
- Contents:
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Culture and the Dialectic Approach
- 3. In the Name of the Father, the Globalization, and the Holy City, Amen!
- 4. Transcendental Landscapes: Akshardham Temples in the US
- 5. Mapping the Fantastic: Akshardham Temples in India
- 6. Subjecting Globalization: The Class and Gender of Globalization
- 7. Conclusions: Spectacular City as Synthesis.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 184-191) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780199465132
- 0199465134
- OCLC:
- 951927024
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