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Gods in the bazaar : the economies of Indian calendar art

Title
  1. Gods in the bazaar : the economies of Indian calendar art / Kajri Jain.
Published by
  1. Durham : Duke University Press, 2007.
Author
  1. Jain, Kajri.

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Description
  1. xii, 434 p. : ill. (some col.); 26 cm.
Series statement
  1. Objects/histories
Subject
  1. Calendar art > India
  2. Commercial art > India
  3. Art and popular culture > India
  4. Gods in art
  5. Idols and images in art
Contents
  1. 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.
Call number
  1. JQF 07-1140
Bibliography (note)
  1. Includes bibliographical references (p. [409]-425) and index.
Author
  1. Jain, Kajri.
Title
  1. Gods in the bazaar : the economies of Indian calendar art / Kajri Jain.
Imprint
  1. Durham : Duke University Press, 2007.
Series
  1. Objects/histories
Bibliography
  1. Includes bibliographical references (p. [409]-425) and index.
Connect to:
  1. Table of contents only
LCCN
  1. 2006034056
ISBN
  1. 9780822339069 (cloth : alk. paper)
  2. 0822339064 (cloth : alk. paper)
  3. 9780822339267 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  4. 0822339269 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Research call number
  1. JQF 07-1140
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