Draws on the effect of colonial architecture and space on the societies involved - both the colonizer and the colonized. Focusing on British India and Ceylon, this title explores the discursive tensions between the various different scales and dimensions of such 'empire-building' practices and constructions.
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A carefully crafted selection of essays from international experts, this book explores the effect of colonial architecture and space on the societies involved - both the colonizer and the colonized. Focusing on British India and Ceylon, the essays explore the discursive tensions between the various different scales and dimensions of such 'empire-building' practices and constructions. Providing a thorough exploration of these tensions, "Colonial Modernities" challenges the traditional literature on the architecture and infrastructure of the former European empires, not least that of the British Indian 'Raj'. Illustrated with seventy-five halftone images, it is a fascinating and thoroughly grounded exposition of the societal impact of colonial architecture and engineering.
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General info
Publisher & Imprint:
Routledge
City:
London
Pages:
304
More info:
height 246 mm
width 174 mm
weight 762 gr
thickness 20 mm
Subject Indexing & Classification
Dewey:(DC22) 724.1
Library of Congress Subject: Architecture and society - India
Departments:
Architecture;
Record updated at:
18 January, 2013
time:
01:35
Summary
Colonial Modernities
Part 1: Frames of Discourse 1. Between Materiality and Representation: Framing an architectural critique of colonial South Asia "Peter Scriver and Vikramaditya Prakash " 2. Stones and Texts: The architectural historiography of colonial India and its colonial-modern contexts "Peter Scriver "3. The Stone Books of Orientalism "Stephen Cairns "Part 2: Institutional Frameworks 4. Empire-building and Thinking in the Public Works Department of British India "Peter Scriver "5. 'Strangers within the Gate': Artisanry as supplement of labour in the crafting of colonial India "Arindam Dutta" 6. Between Copying and Creation: The Jeypore portfolio of architectural details "Vikramaditya Prakash " 7. Institutional Audiences and Architectural Style: The Napier Museum "Paul Walker" Part 3: Domestic Frames of Practice 8. A Tomb of One's Own: The governor's house, Lahore "Sylvia Shorto" 9. The Other Face of Primitive Accumulation: the garden house in British colonial Bengal "Swati Chattopadhyay" 10. The Trouser Under the Cloth: Personal space in de-colonization, Ceylon 1815-1948 "Anoma Pieris "11. Negotiated Modernities: Symbolic Terrains of Housing in Delhi "Jyoti Hosagrahar"
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