{"product_id":"the-city-as-text-the-politics-of-landscape-interpretation-in-the-kandyan-kingdom-paperback-9780521611961","title":"The City as Text; The Politics of Landscape Interpretation in the Kandyan Kingdom (Paperback) 9780521611961","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe City as Text\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eThe Politics of Landscape Interpretation in the Kandyan Kingdom\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eArgues that landscapes are not only culturally produced, but they also influence governing ideas of political and religious life.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eJames S. Duncan (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521611961, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback, published 1 September 2005\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e244 pages, 10 b\/w illus.  3 maps  12 tables\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.4 cm, 0.36 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIn 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.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eList of figures\u003cbr\u003e Preface\u003cbr\u003e Glossary of terms\u003cbr\u003e A note on transliteration\u003cbr\u003e Part I. Introduction: 1. Introduction\u003cbr\u003e Part II. Towards an Interpretive Frame: 2. Landscape as a signifying system\u003cbr\u003e 3. The discursive field of Kandyan kingship\u003cbr\u003e 4. Concretizing the Sakran discourse: from landscape of the gods to landscape of the hero-kings\u003cbr\u003e 5. The Kandyan landscape, 1312–1815\u003cbr\u003e Part III. The Politics of Landscape Interpretation in Early-Nineteenth-Century Kandy: 6. From discourse to landscape: a kingly reading\u003cbr\u003e 7. From landscape to civic ritual: a kingly reading\u003cbr\u003e 8. From landscape to discourse: contestatory readings and material interests\u003cbr\u003e 9. Conclusion\u003cbr\u003e Appendix\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e List of references\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Human geography [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Human geography\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Human%20geography%20%5BRGC%5D%22\"\u003eRGC\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46004693205272,"sku":"9780521611961","price":37.45,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521611961i_13917fc2-9dec-4025-a1af-8cc76ea48785.jpg?v=1691370500","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-city-as-text-the-politics-of-landscape-interpretation-in-the-kandyan-kingdom-paperback-9780521611961","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}