Banaras Revisited
Produktnummer:
1814b8de1e7a194b56b1b98c14c060a22e
| Themengebiete: | Anthropology Benares Hinduismus South Asian Studies Study of Religions Varanasi |
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| Veröffentlichungsdatum: | 01.06.2014 |
| EAN: | 9783447102018 |
| Auflage: | 1 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Seitenzahl: | 283 |
| Produktart: | Gebunden |
| Herausgeber: | Keul, István |
| Verlag: | Harrassowitz Verlag |
| Untertitel: | Scholarly Pilgrimages to the City of Light |
Produktinformationen "Banaras Revisited"
In Banaras Revisited, scholars from various disciplines talk about their research in a city that has been described as a veritable microcosm of India: multifaceted, complex, vibrant, and full of contradictions. The themes range from the sensory aesthetics of everyday life to the history of the Marathas in Banaras; from Harishchandra, the “father” of modern Hindi, to the “tribals” of Nagwa; from the architecture of the gha?s to the works of the Austrian writers Zweig and Winkler; from ‘informative relationships’ with research assistants to the mediatization of goddesses; from reflections on public education to a contemporary literary chronicler of Assi; from “colonial ghosts” in the 1950s to present-day Western travelers. In addition to its thematic diversity, the volume benefits from another strong asset: the voices of its contributors, clearly audible in reflexive passages and personal vignettes that make the essays a useful reading also for undergraduates considering fieldwork in Banaras or elsewhere.
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