Spectacular Cities: Religion, Landscape, and the Dialectics of Globalization

Spectacular Cities: Religion, Landscape, and the Dialectics of Globalization

by Ipsita Chatterjee
Spectacular Cities: Religion, Landscape, and the Dialectics of Globalization

Spectacular Cities: Religion, Landscape, and the Dialectics of Globalization

by Ipsita Chatterjee

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Overview

Plenty has been written on globalization to understand what it is. However, scholarship on globalization tends to segment it into either economic globalization in the form of flows of capital, investment, and goods; cultural globalization in the form of fast food, Barbie dolls, and migrant landscapes; or political globalization, in the form of erosion of the nation state. This book explores spectacular landscapes of the Akshardham temples in Gandhinagar and Delhi in India, and Atlanta, Dallas, Houston in the U.S.to understand globalization as it unfolds in a culture-economy synthesis. Adopting Marxian dialectical method, this book explores how culture, economy, and spectacular urban landscapes work in tandem to produce globalization through migrant narratives, migrant temple complexes, Vedic boat rides, and theme park religious complexes. The book therefore is as much an exploration of the dialectical stance in social theory and geography, as it is a Marxist feminist critique of the spectacular commodification of the urban form.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780199465132
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Publication date: 09/01/2016
Pages: 224
Sales rank: 1,074,215
Product dimensions: 5.70(w) x 8.60(h) x 0.90(d)

About the Author

Ipsita Chatterjee is Assistant Professor, Department of Geography, University of North Texas.

Table of Contents

PrefaceAcknowledgements1: Introduction2: Culture and the Dialectic Approach3: In the Name of the Father, the Globalization, and the Holy City, Amen!4: Transcendental Landscapes: Akshardham Temples in the US5: Mapping the Fantastic: Akshardham Temples in India6: Subjecting Globalization: The Class and Gender of Globalization7: Conclusions: Spectacular City as SynthesisBibliographyIndexAbout the Author
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