New Cultural Histories of India

New Cultural Histories of India
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Publisher : OUP India
Total Pages : 0
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ISBN-10 : 0198090374
ISBN-13 : 9780198090373
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Book Synopsis New Cultural Histories of India by : Partha Chatterjee

Download or read book New Cultural Histories of India written by Partha Chatterjee and published by OUP India. This book was released on 2013-10 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines the new orientations in the writing of cultural histories of India from the pre-colonial and early modern period to the postcolonial and contemporary era. It analyses the 'materialist' turn through wide-ranging textual, visual, aural, ritual, and spatial resources like eighteenth-century scribal literature in western India, art deco architecture in twentieth century Calcutta, circulating heads in Naga hills, and Mayawati's monuments in Lucknow.


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