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Sacred Modernity : Nature, Environment and the Postcolonial Geographies of Sri Lankan Nationhood.
This book explores the relationships between nature and environment and the contested politics of nationhood in contemporary Sri Lanka.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Liverpool :
Liverpool University Press,
2013.
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| Colección: | Postcolonialism across the disciplines.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- List of Map and Figures; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 Sacred Modernity: Nature, Religion, and the Politics of Aesthetics; Part I: Ruhuna (Yala) National Park; 2 Landscape, Nature, Nationhood: A Historical Geography of Ruhuna(Yala) National Park; 3 Inscription and Experience: The Politics and Aesthetics of Nature Tourism; 4 Political Geographies: Promoting, Contesting, and Purifying Nature; Part II: Tropical Modern Architecture; 5 Built Space, Environment, Modernism: (Re)reading 'TropicalModern' Architecture; 6 Architecting One-ness: Fluid Spaces/Sacred Modernity.
- 7 Over-determinations: Architecture, Text, PoliticsConclusion: Sri Lankan Nature as Problem Space; Bibliography; Index.