Gods in the bazaar the economies of Indian calendar art

By:

Jain, Kajri

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Objects/historiesPublication details: Durham Duke University Press 2007Description: xii,434p. ill. (some col.) ; 26 cmISBN:

9780822339267

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DDC classification:

741.6820954 22 JA-G

LOC classification:

NC1002.C3 J35 2007

Other classification:

20.41

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Table of contents only

Contents:

Introduction : calendar art as an object of knowledge -- Genealogy -- Vernacularizing capitalism : Sivakasi and its circuits -- When the gods go to market -- Naturalizing the popular -- Economy -- The sacred icon in the age of the work of art and mechanical reproduction -- The circulation of images and the embodiment of value -- Efficacy -- The efficacious image and the sacralization of modernity -- Flexing the canon.

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Item type	Home library	Collection	Shelving location	Call number	Materials specified	Status	Date due	Barcode
Print	OPJGU Sonepat- Campus	General Books	Main Library	741.6820954 JA-G (Browse shelf(Opens below))		Available		112315

Includes bibliographical references (p. [409]-425) and index.

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