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Record Nr.

UNINA9910808611303321

Autore

Srinivas Smriti

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Minneapolis, : University of Minnesota Press, c2001

ISBN

0-8166-9177-0

0-8166-3616-8

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (360 p.)

Collana

Globalization and community ; ; v. 9

Disciplina

307.76/0954

Soggetti

High technology industries - India - Bangalore

Urban beautification - India - Bangalore

Hinduism - Social aspects - India - Bangalore

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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 -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- G -- H -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.

Sommario/riassunto

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.