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Sacred Modernity : Nature, Environment and the Postcolonial Geographies of Sri Lankan Nationhood

Author
Jazeel, Tariq
Published
Liverpool : Liverpool University Press, 2013.
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1 online resource (205 pages).
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Contents
List of Map and Figures; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 Sacred Modernity: Nature, Religion, and the Politics of Aesthetics; Part I: Ruhuna (Yala) National Park; 2 Landscape, Nature, Nationhood: A Historical Geography of Ruhuna(Yala) National Park; 3 Inscription and Experience: The Politics and Aesthetics of Nature Tourism; 4 Political Geographies: Promoting, Contesting, and Purifying Nature; Part II: Tropical Modern Architecture; 5 Built Space, Environment, Modernism: (Re)reading 'TropicalModern' Architecture; 6 Architecting One-ness: Fluid Spaces/Sacred Modernity. and 7 Over-determinations: Architecture, Text, PoliticsConclusion: Sri Lankan Nature as Problem Space; Bibliography; Index.
Summary
This book explores the relationships between nature and environment and the contested politics of nationhood in contemporary Sri Lanka.
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ISBN
9781846319976 (electronic bk.)
1846319978 (electronic bk.)
9781846318863
1846318866
9781781388303
178138830X
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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