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In this anthropological history, Mary E. Hancock examines the politics of public memory in the southern Indian city of Chennai. Once a colonial port, Chennai is now poised to become a center for India's "new economy" of information technology, export processing, and back-office servic...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Hancock, Mary Elizabeth
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Bloomington : Indiana University Press, ©2008.
Temas:
Collective memory > India > Chennai.
Cultural property > India > Chennai.
Collective memory.
Cultural property.
Mémoire collective > Inde > Chennai.
Mémoire collective.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Cultural Policy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Popular Culture.
Collective memory
Cultural policy
Cultural property
Chennai (India) > Cultural policy.
India > Chennai
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:In this anthropological history, Mary E. Hancock examines the politics of public memory in the southern Indian city of Chennai. Once a colonial port, Chennai is now poised to become a center for India's "new economy" of information technology, export processing, and back-office services. State and local governments promote tourism and a heritage-conscious cityscape to make Chennai a recognizable "brand" among investment and travel destinations. Using a range of textual, visual, architectural, and ethnogra
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xi, 277 pages) : illustrations, maps
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-270) and index.
ISBN:9780253002655
0253002656
9780253352231
0253352231
1282103350
9781282103351
9786612103353
6612103353

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