Unruly Monuments (Record no. 67448)

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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 9781009345170
028 ## - DISTRIBUTOR NAME
Distributor Name : Savera Book Distributors
Distributor address : 4754 Akarshan Bhawan, 23 Ansari Road, Darya Ganj, New delhi
Bill Number : 25-26/CBR/1183
Bill Date : 27/03/2026
082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number 954.56 CHA
100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Chandra, Aditi.
245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT
Title Unruly Monuments
Remainder of title : Disrupting the state at Delhi's Islamic Architecture.
Statement of responsibility, etc / Aditi Chandra.
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT)
Place of publication, distribution, etc , New Delhi
Name of publisher, distributor, etc : Cambridge University Press
Date of publication, distribution, etc , 2025.
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent xxii, 394p.
Dimensions : 24cm.
365 ## - TRADE PRICE
Price amount 1116
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc It examines how Delhi's Sultanate and Mughal architecture, dating from the twelfth to the seventeenth centuries, became modern monuments and were assimilated and ordered into public consciousness as spaces for tourism, leisure, and intellectual contemplation during the colonial and early postcolonial eras (1828–1963). It examines the resistance that challenges this ordering, rendering monuments unruly and unassimilable despite state efforts to control their narrative. This exposes the nation's contradictory claims of inclusivity while marginalizing subaltern groups. It guides readers through picturesque landscapes, museums, imperial displays, postcards, travel experiences, Partition refugee camps, and cinema. Analyzing these forms reveals how the archive of Indo-Islamic monuments was shaped through presences and absences. Each chapter examines everyday life, untangles knowable public transcripts, illuminates strategic excisions and hidden transcripts, juxtaposes evidence that has not yet been analyzed in conjunction, reads archival material against the grain, and finds archival layers in unfamiliar places.
650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Unruly Monuments
650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Islamic Architecture
650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Delhi's Islamic Architecture
700 ## - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Aditi Chandra.
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Koha item type Books
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Withdrawn status Lost status Source of classification or shelving scheme Damaged status Not for loan Home library Current library Date acquired Source of acquisition Cost, normal purchase price Total Checkouts Full call number Barcode Date last seen Price effective from Koha item type
    Dewey Decimal Classification   Not For Loan SNU LIBRARY SNU LIBRARY 27/03/2026 Savera Book Distributors 1116.00   954.56 CHA 31420 27/03/2026 27/03/2026 Books
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