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

• Autore: Srinivas Smriti
• Pubblicazione: Minneapolis, : University of Minnesota Press, c2001
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (360 p.)
• Disciplina: 307.76/0954
• Soggetto topico: High technology industries - India - Bangalore; Urban beautification - India - Bangalore; Hinduism - Social aspects - India - Bangalore
• 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Landscapes of urban memory
• ISBN: 0-8166-9177-0; 0-8166-3616-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910808611303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Globalization and community ; ; v. 9.