Gods in the bazaar : the economies of Indian calendar art
by
 
Jain, Kajri.

Title
Gods in the bazaar : the economies of Indian calendar art
 
Objects/histories

Author
Jain, Kajri.

ISBN
9780822339069
 
9780822339267

Personal Author
Jain, Kajri.

Publication Information
Durham : Duke University Press, 2007.

Physical Description
xii, 434 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 26 cm.

Series
Objects/histories

Series Title
Objects/histories

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.

Subject Term
Calendar art -- India.
 
Commercial art -- India.
 
Art and popular culture -- India.
 
Gods in art.
 
Idols and images in art.

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

Field 805
npmlib 南院 10323083 NC1002.C3 J35 stu


LibraryShelf NumberItem BarcodeCopyMaterial TypeStatus
NPMSBNC1002 C3 J35 2007103230831B*南院西文圖書