Chapter 1 PREFACE: PERFORMATIVITY IN CITIES Chapter 2 CHAPTER 1. I AM A RHYTHM-ANALYST Chapter 3 CHAPTER 2. CONTEXTUALIZING SPACE -BODY - RITUAL Chapter 4 CHAPTER 3. CONTEXTUALIZING CITY AND THE BODY Part 5 PART ONE - CONSTRUCTING LIVED SPACE Chapter 6 CHAPTER 4. VARANASI - A VIEW FROM AFAR Chapter 7 CHAPTER 5. VARANASI AS A SPECTACLE Chapter 8 CHAPTER 6. BODY PERFORMANCE AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF LIVED SPACE IN VARANASI Part 9 PART TWO - THE NATURE OF LIVED SPACE Chapter 10 CHAPTER 7. MEMORY AND THE LIVED EXPERIENCE Chapter 11 CHAPTER 8. SPATIALIZING MEMORIES THROUGH PERFORMANCE IN VARANASI Part 12 PART THREE - MAPPING LIVED SPACE Chapter 13 CHAPTER 9. MAPPING A CITY Chapter 14 CHAPTER 10. CONSTRUCTING RITUALISED MAPS OF VARANASI Chapter 15 CONCLUSION: PERFORMATIVITY AND LIVED SPACE
Reena Tiwari is a senior lecturer in the Departments of Urban and Regional Planning and Architecture at Curtin University of Technology.
Performing the rhythms of life requires paying close attention to
the relation between body and space. The emphasis on ritual as a
means of searching out this relation is important, and makes for a
vibrant and rewarding book.
*Nigel Thrift, University of Warwick*
Space–Body–Ritual is a pioneering book that explores the
relationship between architectural space and the body in addition
to examining the performativity in India’s holy city of Varanasi.
The sacrality of space and time, functionality of the lifeways, and
spatiality of architectural places are vividly illustrated with
theoretical constructs, spatial models, and narratives of the
ongoing ritual dramas that converge into the making of ‘place
ballet’. This book is a tour de force.
*Rana P.B. Singh, Banaras Hindu University, India*
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