Mrinalini Rajagopalan
Building histories : the archival and affective lives of five monuments in modern Delhi - xv, 244 p. illustrations ; - South Asia across the disciplines .
This book offers innovative accounts of five medieval monuments in Delhi-the Red Fort, Rasul Numa Dargah, Jama Masjid, Purana Qila, and the Qutb complex-tracing their modern lives from the nineteenth century into the twentieth. Mrinalini Rajagopalan argues that the modern construction of the history of these monuments entailed the careful selection, manipulation, and regulation of the past by both the colonial and later postcolonial states.
9780226283470 (cloth : alk. paper)
2016011997
Islamic architecture
Architecture
India--New Delhi
Architecture--Political aspects
720.95456 / MRI/B
Building histories : the archival and affective lives of five monuments in modern Delhi - xv, 244 p. illustrations ; - South Asia across the disciplines .
This book offers innovative accounts of five medieval monuments in Delhi-the Red Fort, Rasul Numa Dargah, Jama Masjid, Purana Qila, and the Qutb complex-tracing their modern lives from the nineteenth century into the twentieth. Mrinalini Rajagopalan argues that the modern construction of the history of these monuments entailed the careful selection, manipulation, and regulation of the past by both the colonial and later postcolonial states.
9780226283470 (cloth : alk. paper)
2016011997
Islamic architecture
Architecture
India--New Delhi
Architecture--Political aspects
720.95456 / MRI/B