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Spectacular cities : religion, landscape, and the dialectics of globalization /

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Academic work on globalisation often tends to segment it into either economic, cultural or political globalisation. This book explores the landscapes of the Akshardham temples in Gandhinagar and Delhi in India, and Atlanta, Dallas, Houston in the U.S. to understand globalisation as it unfolds in a c...

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Main Author: Chatterjee, Ipsita (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New Delhi : Oxford University Press, 2016.
Subjects:
Globalization.
Culture and globalization.
Urbanization.
Mondialisation.
Culture et mondialisation.
Urbanisation.
globalism.
urbanization.
Culture and globalization
Globalization
Urbanization
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Culture and the Dialectic Approach
  • 3. In the Name of the Father, the Globalization, and the Holy City, Amen!
  • 4. Transcendental Landscapes: Akshardham Temples in the US
  • 5. Mapping the Fantastic: Akshardham Temples in India
  • 6. Subjecting Globalization: The Class and Gender of Globalization
  • 7. Conclusions: Spectacular City as Synthesis.