{"product_id":"banaras-reconstructed-madhuri-desai-9780295741604","title":"Banaras Reconstructed: Architecture and Sacred Space in a Hindu Holy City","description":"\u003cp\u003eBetween the late sixteenth and early twentieth centuries, Banaras, the iconic Hindu center in northern India that is often described as the oldest living city in the world, was reconstructed materially as well as imaginatively, and embellished with temples, monasteries, mansions, and ghats (riverfront fortress-palaces). Banaras's refurbished sacred landscape became the subject of pilgrimage maps and its spectacular riverfront was depicted in panoramas and described in travelogues.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eBanaras Reconstructed\u003c\/i\u003e, Madhuri Desai examines the confluences, as well as the tensions, that have shaped this complex and remarkable city. In so doing, she raises issues central to historical as well as contemporary Indian identity and delves into larger questions about religious urban environments in South Asia.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Madhuri Desai\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0295741600\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780295741604\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Washington Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/27\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.94lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.20h x 7.20w x 1.30d","brand":"Madhuri Desai","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48064814448895,"sku":"9780295741604","price":110.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_5f7a958b-6aec-4cce-83c1-ce17621c6428.jpg?v=1768671207","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/banaras-reconstructed-madhuri-desai-9780295741604","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}