Book: Landscapes Of Urban Memory Landscapes of Urban Memory is a study of the metropolis of Bangalore, today regarded as a center for high technology research and production, the new "Silicon Valley" of India. This book analyzes the contested relationship between globalization, urban memory, space, and the sacred through the city's largest ritual, a performance dedicated to Draupadi, heroine of the Mahabharata epic. It is methodologicaly interdisciplinary, draws from anthropology, urban studies, performance studies, religion, and history, and is comparative in its scope.
Details of Book: Landscapes Of Urban Memory Book: Landscapes Of Urban Memory
Author: Smriti Srinivas
ISBN: 8125022546
ISBN-13: 9788125022541
, 978-8125022541
Binding: Paperback
Publishing Date: 2004
Publisher: Orient Longman
Number of Pages: 360pp
Language: English