Banaras Revisited

Scholarly Pilgrimages to the City of Light

István Keul (Herausgeber)

Buch | Hardcover

283 Seiten

2014 | 1., Aufl.
Harrassowitz Verlag
978-3-447-10201-8 (ISBN)

Infos

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.

Produkt-Details

• Verlagsort: Wiesbaden
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 170 x 240 mm
• Gewicht: 740 g
• Einbandart: gebunden
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Hinduismus
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie
• Schlagworte: Anthropology • Benares • Hinduismus • South Asian Studies • Study of religions • Varanasi
• ISBN-10: 3-447-10201-2 / 3447102012
• ISBN-13: 978-3-447-10201-8 / 9783447102018
• Zustand: Neuware