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Making faces : self and image creation in a Himalayan valley / Alka Hingorani.
LIBRA N8195.I4 H46 2013
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hingorani, Alka.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Mohras--India--Kulu (District).
- Mohras.
- India--Kulu (District).
- Kulu (India : District)--Religious life and customs.
- Kulu (India : District).
- Physical Description:
- x, 147 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Honolulu : University of Hawaiʻi Press, [2013]
- Summary:
- Hingorani, an independent researcher/photographer (PhD, art history, U. of California, Berkeley), interested in Indian art, focuses on the intersection of geography, history, and Hindu-animistic traditions in the Kulla district of Himachal Pradesh in the lower Himalayas. Hingorani's color photographs and art images from the Franco-Indian Research Pvt. Ltd., Mumbai, and the Philadelphia Museum of Art illustrate such major festivals as the Dashera. She discusses the creation of deity representations and objects for the festival, their symbolism, artisans, and Indian theories of aesthetics. The book includes a glossary and bibliography. Annotation ©2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
- Contents:
- Chapter 1 Introduction 1
- Chapter 2 The Object 15
- Chapter 3 The Process 35
- Chapter 4 Speaking of Aesthetics 75
- Chapter 5 The Artisan 89.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 133-141) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780824835255
- 0824835255
- OCLC:
- 794603890
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