Speaking with pictures : folk art and the narrative tradition in India / Roma Chatterji.
Speaking with Pictures offers a path-breaking exploration of visual narratives in folk art. It foregrounds folk art's engagement with modernity by re-looking at its figurative modes and the ways in which they are embedded in mythic thought. The book discusses folk art as a contemporary phenomen...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New Delhi :
Routledge India,
2020.
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| Series: | Critical Asian studies.
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| Summary: | Speaking with Pictures offers a path-breaking exploration of visual narratives in folk art. It foregrounds folk art's engagement with modernity by re-looking at its figurative modes and the ways in which they are embedded in mythic thought. The book discusses folk art as a contemporary phenomenon which is a part of a complex visual culture where the essence' of tradition is best captured in a new' form or medium. Each chapter picks up a theme that moves between the local and the global, thereby attempting to problematise the stereotypical view of folk artists as carriers of timeless tradition'. The volume provides an ethnographic account of innovations through a detailed analysis of the scroll painting tradition of the patuas of West Bengal and the Pardhan-Gond style of Madhya Pradesh, highlighting some recent attempts at inter-medium exchange in storytelling.The book will interest those in visual and popular culture in anthropology, sociology, literary criticism and folklore. It will also be of immense value to art historians, museologists, curators and NGOs working in media and communication, apart from those with a general interest in folk art. |
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| Item Description: | Previously issued in print: 2015. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource : illustrations (black and white) |
| ISBN: | 9781000059182 1000059189 9780367818340 0367818345 9781000059113 1000059111 9781000059045 1000059049 |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Description based on CIP data; resource not viewed. |
| Biographical or Historical Data: | Roma Chatterji is Professor, Department of Sociology, Delhi School of Economics, University of Delhi. |