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Autore |
Stein Deborah L. <1975-> |
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The Hegemony of Heritage : Ritual and the Record in Stone / / Deborah L. Stein |
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Oakland, : University of California Press, 2018 |
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Berkeley, CA : , : University of California Press, , [2018] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (xviii, 316 pages) : illustrations; PDF, digital file(s) |
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South Asia Across the Disciplines |
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Soggetti |
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Hindu sculpture - India - Rajasthan |
Hindu architecture - India - Rajasthan |
Hindu temples - India - Rajasthan |
Electronic books. |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Introduction : the Hindu Temple in diachronic context -- Temple as geographic marker : mapping the tenth-century Sectarian landscape -- Temple as catalyst : renovation and religious merit in the field -- Temple as royal abode : the regal, the real, and the ideal in fifteenth-century Mewr -- Temple as palimpsest : icons and temples in the Sultanate era -- Temple as ritual center : tenth-century traces of ritual and the record in stone -- Temple as praxis : agency in the field in Southern Rajasthan -- Temple as legal body : aesthetics and the legislation of antiquity -- Conclusion heritage and conflict : Medieval Indian Temple as commodified. |
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"The Hegemony of Heritage makes an original and significant contribution to our understanding of how architectural objects and societies' relationship to the built environment change over time. Using the pairing of two living medieval monuments in Southern Rajasthan--the Ambika Temple in Jagat, Rajasthan, and the Ékalingji Temple Complex in Kailaspuri--the author underscores many aspects of practice and avoids focusing simply on their divergent sectarian affiliations or patronage structures. This book offers new and |
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