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A different freedom : kite flying in Western India : culture and tradition / by Nikita Desai.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Desai, Nikita.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Kites--Social aspects--India--Gujarat.
- Kites.
- Kites--India--Gujarat.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (179 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Newcastle upon Tyne, UK : Cambridge Scholars Pub., 2010.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Kite flying is a sport native to South-East Asia and the Indian subcontinent. Symbolic of both freedom and control, the kite has been used as a metaphor in classical Indian literature, poetry, language and folklore. Uttarayan, a kite festival celebrated i
- Contents:
- CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; PREFACE; THE HISTORY OF THE KITE; THE LURE OF THE KITE; WHY FLY?; THE MAKING OF A FIGHTER; WHAT IS MANJHA?; FIRKIS, WHISTLES AND OTHER ACCESSORIES; FROM DUSK TO DAWN; LOOKING SKYWARD; FIT FOR KINGS; ON FOREIGN SOIL; A TANGLE OF THE MIND; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 167).
- Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-282-77667-3
- 9786612776670
- 1-4438-2310-4
- OCLC:
- 828869019
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