Mysore modern
rethinking the region under princely rule
Nair, Janaki.
creator
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mnu
Minneapolis
New Delhi
University of Minnesota Press
Orient BlackSwan
2011
monographic
eng
x, 357 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Introduction: reconceptualizing the modern, the region, and princely rule -- Tipu Sultan's war colors and the battle for perspective -- An illusion of permanence: visualizing legitimacy in Mysore -- Srirangapatna: capital city to topography of conquest -- The museumized cityscape of Mysore -- K. Venkatappa and the fashioning of a Mysore modern in art -- The illicit in the modern: banning the devadasi -- The licit in the modern: protecting the child wife -- Giving the state a nation: revisiting Karnataka's reunification.
Janaki Nair.
Includes bibliographical references (p.327-344) and index.
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Karnataka (India)
Politics and government
Karnataka (India)
History
Karnataka (India)
Social conditions
India
History
British occupation, 1765-1947
DS485.M9 N345 2011
954.87
9788125045076
9780816673834 (hc : alk. paper)
9780816673841 (pb : alk. paper)
2011017082
DLC
150802
20150802115343.0
29459