Genealogy, Archive, Image : Interpreting Dynastic History in Western India, c.1090-2016 / Angma Jhala, Jayasinhji Jhala.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jhala, Angma Dey, 1978- author.

Jhala, Jayasinhji, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Dynastic history, elites, etnohistory, Gujarat, Halvad-Dhrangadhra, Indian kingdoms, Jhala court, Jhala dynasty, Jhalavad, Kshatriya, Kuva-no-ker, miniature paintings, Rajput, Rani Jijima, western India.

Local Subjects:

Dynastic history, elites, etnohistory, Gujarat, Halvad-Dhrangadhra, Indian kingdoms, Jhala court, Jhala dynasty, Jhalavad, Kshatriya, Kuva-no-ker, miniature paintings, Rajput, Rani Jijima, western India.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Warsaw ; Berlin : De Gruyter Open Poland, [2017]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

The ethnographic approach to Indian history and genealogy; the making of dynastic history in the kingdom of Jhalavad; the history of Gujarat. 'Genealogy, Archive, Image' addresses the ways in which history and tradition are 'reinvented' through text, memory and painting. It examines the making of dynastic history in the kingdom of Jhalavad, situated in Gujarat, western India, over the longue durée, from the eleventh to the twentieth centuries. The essays critique a collection of contemporary miniature paintings, which chart the dynastic history of Jhalavad's rulers and the textual and ethnographic archive upon which they are based. A multidisciplinary work, it crosses the boundaries of history, anthropology, folklore and mythology, gender, musicology, literary studies, and visual, film and digital media. The essays draw upon a variety of voices, spanning various religious and ethnic communities, including Hindus, Muslims, Jains, Parsees and Siddhi Africans, and caste identities, such as that of the bard, ballad singer, king, priest, court chronicler, soldier, mason and drummer.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Acknowledgements

List of Contributors

Map

1 Introduction: Genealogy, Archive, Image / Jhala, Angma D.

3 Landscape, Poetry and the Hero / McGrath, Kevin

4 Jhallesvaras in War and Peace / McClenaghan, Tony

5 Rani Jijima, Soldier, Statesman, Financier: A Rajput Queen in Mid-Eighteenth Century Western India / Jhala, Angma D.

6 Patronage Networks and Musical Traditions in Jhalavad / Oppenheim, Michael

7 Village Archives: Reinventing Fifteenth Century Memories in Twenty-first Century Jhalavad / Jhala, Jayasinji

List of Figures

Index

Notes:

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ISBN:

9783110539455

3110539454

OCLC:

987949302