This text presents a sociological analysis of the cultural
phenomenon, the Taj Mahal. The author describes the conflicting
narratives which surround the site; those which remain rooted in
Western post-colonialism, viewing the monument as a symbol of love,
of India and of splendid exuberance and those which challenge this
ethnocentricity, for whom the Taj is the symbolic centre of Islamic
power or a site of Moghul appropriation. It goes on to describe
many of the tourist practices around the Taj as well as considering
the notion of tourism in a wider context. It concludes with the
idea of tourism as "performance" and the tourist site as a "stage"
on which tourists are directed and rehearsed as well as being able
to improvize cultural conventions, all in the complex production of
leisure space.
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