Landscapes Of Urban Memory : The Sacred and the Civic in India's High-Tech City

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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.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Srinivas, Smriti
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, 1997.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Urban beautification.
Hinduism > Social aspects.
High technology industries.
Hindouisme > Aspect social > Inde > Bangalore.
Industries de pointe > Inde > Bangalore.
Hinduism > Social aspects > India > Bangalore.
Urban beautification > India > Bangalore.
High technology industries > India > Bangalore.
India > Bangalore.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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; Bibliography; Index.

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