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Chandigarh's Le Corbusier : the struggle for modernity in postcolonial India by Vikramaditya Prakash is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

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Vikramaditya Prakash tells the fascinating story that lies behind the planning and architecture of Chandigarh. Drawing on his intimate knowledge of the city, where he grew up as the son of one of the nine Indian architects who assisted in designing Chandigarh, Prakash brings to light stories of town planners, bureaucrats, and architects vying over the colonial past and the symbolic future of India. Different conceptions of the modern and the role of Indian civilization clashed and coalesced in a process that highlights the mutual interdependence of "East" and "West," and the fact that architecture and aesthetics cannot be separated from ideological claims and political implications.Prakash skillfully unfolds the intricate layers of the Capitol's symbolism, tracing the cultural preconceptions and influences that produced Le Corbusier's understanding of India and animated his obsessions, desires, and aspirations. Chandigarh's Le Corbusier is the story of the making of an Indian modern architecture as both an aspect and an engine of post-colonial culture.

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Author

Vikramaditya Prakash

Publisher

Mapin Publishing Gp Pty Ltd

Published

2006

Language

EN

ISBN

9788185822990

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Art, History, Western