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16 produkter
Terrestrial Lessons
The Conquest of the World as Globe
Inbunden, 2017
426 kr
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Why and how do debates about the form and disposition of our Earth shape enlightened subjectivity and secular worldliness in colonial modernity? Sumathi Ramaswamy explores this question for British India with the aid of the terrestrial globe which since the sixteenth century has circulated as a …
Terrestrial Lessons
The Conquest of the World as Globe
E-bok, 2017
818 kr
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Why and how do debates about the form and disposition of our Earth shape enlightened subjectivity and secular worldliness in colonial modernity? Sumathi Ramaswamy explores this question for British India with the aid of the terrestrial globe, which since the sixteenth century has circulated as a …
Passions of the Tongue
Language Devotion in Tamil India, 1891–1970
Häftad, 1997
304 kr
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Why would love for their language lead several men in southern India to burn themselves alive in its name? "Passions of the Tongue" analyzes the discourses of love, labor, and life that transformed Tamil into an object of such passionate attachment, producing in the process one of modern India's …
Lost Land of Lemuria
Fabulous Geographies, Catastrophic Histories
Häftad, 2004
278 kr
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During the nineteenth century, Lemuria was imagined as a land that once bridged India and Africa but disappeared into the ocean millennia ago, much like Atlantis. A sustained meditation on a lost place from a lost time, this elegantly written book is the first to explore Lemuria's incarnations …
Passions of the Tongue
Language Devotion in Tamil India, 1891–1970
E-bok, 1997
518 kr
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Why would love for their language lead several men in southern India to burn themselves alive in its name? Passions of the Tongue analyzes the discourses of love, labor, and life that transformed Tamil into an object of such passionate attachment, producing in the process one of modern India''s …
Lost Land of Lemuria
Fabulous Geographies, Catastrophic Histories
E-bok, 2004
482 kr
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During the nineteenth century, Lemuria was imagined as a land that once bridged India and Africa but disappeared into the ocean millennia ago, much like Atlantis. A sustained meditation on a lost place from a lost time, this elegantly written book is the first to explore Lemuria’s incarnations …
Empires of Vision
A Reader
Av Martin Jay, Sumathi Ramaswamy
Inbunden, 2014
2526 kr
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Empires of Vision brings together pieces by some of the most influential scholars working at the intersection of visual culture studies and the history of European imperialism. The essays and excerpts focus on the paintings, maps, geographical surveys, postcards, photographs, and other media that …
Empires of Vision
A Reader
Av Martin Jay, Sumathi Ramaswamy
Häftad, 2014
693 kr
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Empires of Vision brings together pieces by some of the most influential scholars working at the intersection of visual culture studies and the history of European imperialism. The essays and excerpts focus on the paintings, maps, geographical surveys, postcards, photographs, and other media that …
Empires of Vision
A Reader
Av Sumathi Ramaswamy, Martin Jay
E-bok, 2014
721 kr
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Empires of Vision brings together pieces by some of the most influential scholars working at the intersection of visual culture studies and the history of European imperialism. The essays and excerpts focus on the paintings, maps, geographical surveys, postcards, photographs, and other media that …
Goddess and the Nation
Mapping Mother India
E-bok, 2010
671 kr
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Making the case for a new kind of visual history, The Goddess and the Nation charts the pictorial life and career of Bharat Mata, “Mother India,” the Indian nation imagined as mother/goddess, embodiment of national territory, and unifying symbol for the country’s diverse communities. Soon after …
Mimetic Desires
Impersonation and Guising Across South Asia
Av Christian Lee Novetzke, Kellen Hoxworth m. fl.
Inbunden, 2022
797 kr
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Through an exploration of subjects such as Gandhi impersonators, "God-men," performance artists, and participants in ritual enactments of sacred stories through dance and theatre, Mimetic Desires makes an intervention toward understanding the phenomenon of impersonation and guising in South Asia …
Barefoot across the Nation
M F Husain and the Idea of India
Häftad, 2019
814 kr
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This book is the first inter-disciplinary engagement with the work of Maqbool Fida Husain, arguably India’s most iconic contemporary artist today, whose life and work are intimately entangled with the career of independent India as a democratic, secular and multi-ethnic nation. For more than half a …
Barefoot across the Nation
M F Husain and the Idea of India
Inbunden, 2010
1614 kr
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This book is the first inter-disciplinary engagement with the work of Maqbool Fida Husain, arguably India’s most iconic contemporary artist today, whose life and work are intimately entangled with the career of independent India as a democratic, secular and multi-ethnic nation. For more than half a …
Goddess and the Nation
Mapping Mother India
Inbunden, 2010
457 kr
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Making the case for a new kind of visual history, The Goddess and the Nation charts the pictorial life and career of Bharat Mata, “Mother India,” the Indian nation imagined as mother/goddess, embodiment of national territory, and unifying symbol for the country’s diverse communities. Soon after …
Gandhi in the Gallery
The Art of Disobedience
Inbunden, 2021
335 kr
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Mohandas K. Gandhi has been described as ‘an artist of non-violence,’ crafting as he did a set of practices of the self and politics that earned him the mantle of Mahatma, ‘the great soul.’
Motherland
Pushpamala N.'s Woman and Nation
Av Monica Juneja, Sumathi Ramaswamy
Inbunden, 2022
287 kr
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This interdisciplinary scholarly catalogue examines Motherland, an important series of photo-performances by the acclaimed artist Pushpamala N. on the Indian nation personified as woman, mother, and goddess.
