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Mary E Hancock - The Politics of Heritage from Madras to Chennai - 9780253352231 - V9780253352231
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The Politics of Heritage from Madras to Chennai

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Description for The Politics of Heritage from Madras to Chennai hardcover. Space and public memory in the neoliberal city Num Pages: 296 pages, 24 b&w photos, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HBTB; JHM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 243 x 170 x 26. Weight in Grams: 610.

In this anthropological history, Mary E. Hancock examines the politics of public memory in the southern Indian city of Chennai. Once a colonial port, Chennai is now poised to become a center for India's "new economy" of information technology, export processing, and back-office services. State and local governments promote tourism and a heritage-conscious cityscape to make Chennai a recognizable "brand" among investment and travel destinations. Using a range of textual, visual, architectural, and ethnographic sources, Hancock grapples with the question of how people in Chennai remember and represent their past, considering the political and economic contexts and implications of those ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
Number of Pages
296
Place of Publication
Bloomington, IN, United States
ISBN
9780253352231
SKU
V9780253352231
Shipping Time
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About Mary E Hancock
Mary E. Hancock is Professor of Anthropology and History at the University of California, Santa Barbara.

Reviews for The Politics of Heritage from Madras to Chennai
. . . a major contribution to an underexamined field. . . . [T]his book is . . . a formidable effort at comprehending the industries of cultural heritage in India as they confront and negotiate our contemporary world.May 2009
Saloni Mathur
University of California, Los Angeles
Hancock reintroduced me to the city and to a way ... Read more

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