ISBN:
9781433192319
Language:
English
Pages:
1 online resource (338 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
DDC:
306.0954
Keywords:
Electronic books
Abstract:
The book is a unique material marker of the spatial journeys of people, rulers, philosophers, men, women, their material objects, occupations and media during the past two millennia in South India. It has four sections on historical trajectories, everyday lives, public communication and media materialities.
Abstract:
Cover -- HalfTitle -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Section I Spatialities, Materialities and Communication in South India: Historical Trajectories -- 1 Introduction -- Akuzh, Pokuzh, and the Materialist Philosophy of Sangam Tamils -- Materialities and Spatialities of Puhar and Madurai -- Thisaivaraidhal: Conceptualizing Space as Cardinal Directions -- Kolam, Thinnai and Muttram -- 2 From Rock Art through Palm Manuscripts, Stone Epigraphy, and Sculptures: Materialities and Spatialities of Ancient and Medieval South India -- Spatialities and Materialities of Rock Art at Alambadi -- Materiality of Palm Leaf Manuscripts -- Spatiality and Materiality at Krishnapuram, Sittannavasal, and Mamallapuram -- Materiality and Spatiality of Stone Inscriptions and Copper Plates -- 3 Colonial Contestations and Encounters of the Spatialities and Materialities of Natives and Their Rulers -- Journeys with Sir Thomas Munro -- Contestations between Mundakanni, a Fisher Girl and Mr. Wool in Coastal Madras -- Contestations between Velu Nachiyar, Kuyili, and the British at Sivagangai -- 4 Exploring the Spatialities, Materialities, and Temporalities of Communication in 18th-Century Pondicherry with Anandarangam Pillai's Diaries -- Spatialities of Communication in 18th-Century Pondicherry -- Section II Spatialities and Materialities of Communication in Everyday Lives -- 5 Everyday Lives, Communication, Marginalized Spatialities and Materialities in Chennai -- The Production of North Chennai as the "Other" Social Space -- Voices and Narratives of Everyday Lives of the People of North Chennai -- Kala, Female, 56 Years, Caretaker, Public Toilet, Royapuram, North Chennai -- Madan Kumar, Male, 37 Years, Mechanic, Vannarapettai, North Chennai -- Jennifer Jhansi, Female, 34 Years, Daily-wage Earner, North Chennai.
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