A unique part of India that is associated with the best living traditions in craft; cuisine; houseboats and shikaras; rushing mountain streams; and snow-clad mountains; Srinagar is a garden of paradise. Srinagar: An Architectural Legacy explores the history and architectural heritage of this 500-year-old city bringing to life its rich past; with its different eras of rulers who made the Valley a part of their empire. To understand the present context of the city; the book takes on a series of walks giving readers a chance to get a sense of the architectural culture; as well as the dynamic interplay of civic life; religion; and trade in the city.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful. Tying together cultural and musical studiesBy 10musicalfingersRuth Hellier-Tinoco speaks to a wide range of fields in her book Embodying Mexico: Tourism; Nationalism Performance. Drawing from the fields of performance studies; ethnomusicology; dance studies; theatre studies; anthropology; iconography and tourism studies; this book will interest scholars of culture and expressive art. Giving a thorough overview of the history of two performances in Mexico; Hellier-Tinoco seeks out the processes by which Mexico and Mexicanness are defined. Examining the Dance of the Old Men and the Night of the Dead as presentations of constructed identity; we read of the authors extensive fieldwork surrounding the Lake Paacute;tzcuaro region of Michoacan; Mexico. Each copy also includes a username and password for a companion website which features audio and video files of performances in various settings.
