Visualizing Space in Banaras
Images, Maps, and the Practice of Representation
The city of Banaras is widely known as a unique, impressive and particularly ancient historical place. But for many it is above all a universal, cosmic, and in a sense timeless sacred space. Both of these seemingly contrasting depictions contribute to how the city is experienced by its inhabitants or visitors, and there is a great variety of sometimes competing views: Kasi the Luminous, the ancient Crossing, the city of Death, the place of Hindu-Muslim encounter and syncretism, the cosmopolitan centre of learning, etc. The present volume deals with the multiple ways this urban site is visualized, imagined, and culturally represented by differ…
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Weitere Autoren: Gengnagel, Jörg (Hrsg.)
- ISBN: 978-3-447-05187-3
- EAN: 9783447051873
- Produktnummer: 17963509
- Verlag: Harrassowitz Verlag
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2006
- Seitenangabe: 358 S.
- Masse: H24.6 cm x B17.7 cm x D2.2 cm 812 g
- Abbildungen: 94 Abbildungen
- Gewicht: 812
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