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Gods in the bazaar : the economies of Indian calendar art

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

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Description
xii, 434 p. : ill. (some col.); 26 cm.
Series Statement
Objects/histories
Subject
  • Calendar art > India
  • Commercial art > India
  • Art and popular culture > India
  • Gods in art
  • Idols and images in art
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [409]-425) and index.
Contents
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
JQF 07-1140
ISBN
  • 9780822339069 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 0822339064 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 9780822339267 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 0822339269 (pbk. : alk. paper)
LCCN
2006034056
OCLC
73927129
Author
Jain, Kajri.
Title
Gods in the bazaar : the economies of Indian calendar art / Kajri Jain.
Imprint
Durham : Duke University Press, 2007.
Series
Objects/histories
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. [409]-425) and index.
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JQF 07-1140
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