Contested representations of war and heritage at the Residency, Lucknow, India.

Hannam, Kevin

Abstract

This paper discusses the contemporary politics of heritage tourism in India and focuses upon contested representations of The First War of Indian Independence/The Indian Mutiny of 1857. The severity of this conflict has been written about extensively from both British and Indian perspectives. One site in particular—the ‘British’ Residency at Lucknow—was and still is remembered as an important memorial to both the British and the Indians who died in this conflict. However, the representations of the conflict are and have been contested. This paper thus examines this heritage dissonance by examining both official and lay representations of the residency. Copyright © 2006 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

Citation

Hannam, K. (2006). Contested representations of war and heritage at the Residency, Lucknow, India. International Journal of Tourism Research, 8(3), 199-212. https://doi.org/10.1002/jtr.567

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Publication Date: Aug 17, 2006
• Deposit Date: Aug 2, 2016
• Journal: International Journal of Tourism Research
• Print ISSN: 1099-2340
• Electronic ISSN: 1522-1970
• Publisher: Wiley
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 8
• Issue: 3
• Pages: 199-212
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/jtr.567
• Keywords: heritage tourism, conflict, representations, post-colonial theory, Lucknow, India,
• Public URL: http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/322567
• Publisher URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jtr.567