Frontmatter

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. List of Illustrations ix
4. Acknowledgments xiii
5. Note on Transcription xv
6. CHAPTER ONE. Introduction 1
7. CHAPTER TWO. A Historical and Cosmological Framework 13
8. PART I. TOOLS
9. CHAPTER THREE. Diagramming Utopian Nationalism: Nibbāna and the City of Willows 29
10. CHAPTER FOUR. Modeling Queertopia 53
11. CHAPTER FIVE. Planning Kammatopia: The Politics of Representation and the Funeral Pyre 76
12. PART II. MATERIALS
13. CHAPTER SIX. Order and Odor: Sensuous Citizenship Formation and the Architecture of the Cinema 105
14. CHAPTER SEVEN. Concretopia: Material and Hierarchy in the Age of Sri Ariya 129
15. PART III. SYSTEMS
16. CHAPTER EIGHT. The Floating Paradise: Infrastructure Space and Vimānas of the Cold War Era 165
17. CHAPTER NINE. Epilogue 193
18. Notes 197
19. Bibliography 241
20. Index 263