Artisans, Sufis, Shrines
Bloomsbury Academic (Verlag)
978-1-350-15535-0 (ISBN)
In this unique look at a little-explored aspect of India's history, Hussain Ahmad Khan explores this evidence in order to illuminate this web of cultural influences. Examining the Sufi-artisan relationship within the various contexts of political revolt, the decline of the Mughals and the struggle of the Sufis to establish an Islamic state, this book argues that Sufi shrines were initially constructed with the aim of affirming a distinct 'Muslim' identity. At the same time, art institutions established by colonial officials attempted to promote eclectic architecture representing the 'British Indian empire', as well as to revive the pre-colonial traditions with which they had previously seemed out of touch. This important book sheds new light on the dynamics of power and culture in the British Empire.
Hussain Ahmad Khan holds a PhD from the National University of Singapore. He is an assistant professor in the Department of Humanities at COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Lahore.
Acknowledgements
A Note on Transliteration
List of Abbreviations
List of Maps
List of Tables
List of Illustrations
INTRODUCTION
CHAPTER 1. Folklore and the Sufi-Artisan relationship in Punjab (ca. 1300 – 1800) CHAPTER 2. Muslim identity and sufi shrines in nineteenth-century punjab
CHAPTER 3. Artisans, colonial art education and architecture in punjab
CHAPTER 4. Discordant voices: the colonial exhibitions and the lahore museum
CONCLUSION
ILLUSTRATIONS
BIBLIOGRAPHY
APPENDIX (TABLES)
Erscheinungsdatum | 20.03.2020 |
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Zusatzinfo | 20 bw illus |
Verlagsort | London |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 135 x 216 mm |
Gewicht | 272 g |
Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte |
Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Wirtschaftsgeschichte | |
Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Spezielle Soziologien | |
ISBN-10 | 1-350-15535-7 / 1350155357 |
ISBN-13 | 978-1-350-15535-0 / 9781350155350 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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