Colonial Modernities

<p>A carefully crafted selection of essays from international experts, this book explores the effect of colonial architecture and space on the societies involved – both the colonizer and the colonized.</p><p>Focusing on British India and Ceylon, the essays explore the discursive tensions between the various different scales and dimensions of such 'empire-building' practices and constructions. Providing a thorough exploration of these tensions, <em>Colonial Modernities</em> challenges the traditional literature on the architecture and infrastructure of the former European empires, not least that of the British Indian 'Raj'.</p><p>Illustrated with seventy-five halftone images, it is a fascinating and thoroughly grounded exposition of the societal impact of colonial architecture and engineering. </p> <p><strong>Part 1: Frames of Discourse</strong> 1. Between Materiality and Representation: Framing an Architectural Critique of Colonial South Asia 2. Stones and Texts: The Architectural Historiography of Colonial India and its Colonial-Modern Contexts <em> </em>3. The Stone Books of Orientalism <em> </em><strong>Part 2:</strong> <strong>Institutional Frameworks</strong> 4. Empire-Building and Thinking in the Public Works Department of British India <em> </em>5. 'Strangers within the Gate': Artisanry as Supplement of Labour in the Crafting of Colonial India 6. Between Copying and Creation: The Jeypore Portfolio of Architectural Details 7. Institutional Audiences and Architectural Style: The Napier Museum <strong>Part 3:</strong> <strong>Domestic Frames of Practice</strong> 8. A Tomb of One’s Own: The Governor’s House, Lahore 9. The Other Face of Primitive Accumulation: The Garden House in British Colonial Bengal 10. The Trouser Under the Cloth: Personal Space in De-Colonization, Ceylon 1815-1948 <em> </em>11. Negotiated Modernities: Symbolic Terrains of Housing in Delhi</p>