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Author Rajagopalan, Mrinalini, author.

Title Building histories : the archival and affective lives of five monuments in modern Delhi / Mrinalini Rajagopalan.

Publication Info. Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, 2016.

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Description 1 online resource.
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series South Asia across the disciplines
South Asia across the disciplines.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary Building Histories" offers innovative accounts of five medieval monuments in Delhi the Red Fort, Rasul Numa dargah, Jama Masjid, Purana Qila, and 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. Although framed as objective "archival" truths, these histories were meant to erase or marginalize the powerful and persistent affective appropriations of the monuments by groups who often existed outside of the center of power. By analyzing these archival and affective histories together, Rajagopalan works to redefine the historic monument far from a symbol of a specific past, the monument is shown in Building Histories to be a culturally mutable object with multiple stories to tell.
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Subject Islamic architecture -- India -- New Delhi.
Islamic architecture.
India -- New Delhi.
Architecture -- Political aspects -- India -- New Delhi.
Architecture -- Political aspects.
Architecture.
ARCHITECTURE -- Adaptive Reuse & Renovation.
ARCHITECTURE -- Buildings -- Landmarks & Monuments.
ARCHITECTURE -- Professional Practice.
ARCHITECTURE -- Reference.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: 9780226331898
ISBN 9780226331898 (electronic book)
022633189X (electronic book)
9780226283470
022628347X