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"Duncan's book is an impressive piece of research and analysis, a valuable resource and stimulus for thinking about other landscapes in South and Southeast Asia." Dennis Hudson, Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians
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In this book James Duncan convincingly argues that landscapes are not only culturally produced, but that they also influence governing ideas of political and religious life. He analyzes this dialectic relationship between landscape and the pursuit of power in the royal capital of Kandy in the central highlands of Sri Lanka during the early years of the nineteenth century and demonstrates how the Kandyan landscape was consciously produced to further the perceived interests of the Kandyan kings. Using extensive archival sources, architectural analysis and mapping, the author reveals how the landscape was designed to foster a certain hegemonic reading that spoke of the power, benevolence and legitimacy of the kings in their capital.
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"Duncan's book is an impressive piece of research and analysis, a valuable resource and stimulus for thinking about other landscapes in South and Southeast Asia." Dennis Hudson, Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians
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In this book James Duncan convincingly argues that landscapes are not only culturally produced, but that they also influence governing ideas of political and religious life. He analyzes this dialectic relationship between landscape and the pursuit of power in the royal capital of Kandy in the central highlands of Sri Lanka during the early years of the nineteenth century and demonstrates how the Kandyan landscape was consciously produced to further the perceived interests of the Kandyan kings. Using extensive archival sources, architectural analysis and mapping, the author reveals how the landscape was designed to foster a certain hegemonic reading that spoke of the power, benevolence and legitimacy of the kings in their capital.
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first adikar, cloud drift wall, recurrent narrative structure, sacred rectangle, cosmic modeling, contestatory readings, cosmic axis, swell wall, tooth relic, landscape interpretation, white tortoise, cosmic mountain, cosmic ocean, cosmic city, sacred square, cultural geographers, landscape text, octagonal pillars, cosmic symbolism Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Mount Meru, Ocean of Milk, Sri Vikrama, Mount Mandara, Temple of the Tooth, Kirti Sri, Natha Devale, Kandyan Kingdom, Tooth Temple, Lake Anotatta, South Indian, Ahalepola Varnanava, Raja Sinha, Ingrisi Hatana, Southeast Asia, Visnu Devale, Narendra Sinha, Kataragama Devale, Malwatte Vihare, King Parakramabahu, Mare's Fire, Devata Bandara, Mahaveli Ganga, Sri Lanka, Lake Bogambara Browse Sample Pages:
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first adikar, cloud drift wall, recurrent narrative structure, sacred rectangle, cosmic modeling, contestatory readings, cosmic axis, swell wall, tooth relic, landscape interpretation, white tortoise, cosmic mountain, cosmic ocean, cosmic city, sacred square, cultural geographers, landscape text, octagonal pillars, cosmic symbolism Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Mount Meru, Ocean of Milk, Sri Vikrama, Mount Mandara, Temple of the Tooth, Kirti Sri, Natha Devale, Kandyan Kingdom, Tooth Temple, Lake Anotatta, South Indian, Ahalepola Varnanava, Raja Sinha, Ingrisi Hatana, Southeast Asia, Visnu Devale, Narendra Sinha, Kataragama Devale, Malwatte Vihare, King Parakramabahu, Mare's Fire, Devata Bandara, Mahaveli Ganga, Sri Lanka, Lake Bogambara Browse Sample Pages:
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- Geography and History: Bridging the Divide (Cambridge Studies in Historical Geography) by Alan R. H. Baker on page 146, and Back Matter
- Key Concepts in Geography (v. 1) by Dr Sarah L Holloway on page 89, and page 333
- Landscape Narratives: Design Practices for Telling Stories by Matthew Potteiger on page 28, and page 67
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