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Negotiating Cultural Identity: Landscapes in Early Medieval South Asian History
Negotiating Cultural Identity: Landscapes in Early Medieval South Asian History
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This volume explores physical landscapes as living cultural bodies, redefining dynamic cultural landscapes as catalysts of interaction between the natural world and human practice. It provides insights into the ways people imbue places with meanings, examines the social and cultural construction of space in the early medieval period, and traces complex patterns of historical development of temples and towns. The second edition includes a new chapter on continuity and change in the sacred landscape of the Buddhist site at Udayagiri.
Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 266 pages
Publication date: 31 March 2021
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
This groundbreaking volume pioneers the concept of physical landscapes as living cultural entities, reshaping our understanding of dynamic cultural landscapes as vital catalysts where the natural world and human practice intertwine and engage in continuous interaction.
Drawing upon extensive research conducted by renowned archaeologists, numismatists, and historians, the essays compiled in this volume offer invaluable insights into the ways individuals throughout history and in the present imbue places with profound meanings.
Through a comprehensive examination of the social and cultural construction of space in the early medieval period in South Asia, the essays shed light on the intricate patterns of historical development that shape temples and towns, revealing how these spaces often serve as vehicles for constructing collective pasts and social traditions.
In its second edition, Negotiating Cultural Identity expands its scope with a fresh chapter dedicated to exploring continuity and change within the sacred landscape of the Buddhist site at Udayagiri. This revised edition holds immense appeal to scholars and researchers specializing in archaeology, social history, cultural studies, art history, and anthropology.
Weight: 517g
Dimension: 234 x 156 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780367785963
Edition number: 2 New edition
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