Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-270) and index.
Contents
1. Making the past in a global present : Chennai's new heritage -- pt. 1. The formal city and its pasts -- 2. Governing the past : Chennai's histories -- 3. Memory, mourning, and politics -- 4. Modernity remembered : temples, publicity, and heritage -- pt. 2. Restructured memories -- 5. Consuming the past : tourism's cultural economies -- 6. Recollecting the rural in suburban Chennai -- 7. The village as vernacular cosmopolis -- 8. Conclusion: "How many museums can one have?"
