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Gods in the time of democracy / Kajri Jain.

Title
Gods in the time of democracy / Kajri Jain.
Author
Jain, Kajri,
Publication
Durham : Duke University Press, 2021.

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Description
x, 336 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white, and colour), maps; 24 cm
Summary
"Offering a processual art history, Gods in the Time of Democracy examines the circuits between aesthetics, religion, politics, and commerce in the monumental statues proliferating in India since the economic reforms of the 1990s"--
Subject
  • 2000-2099
  • Aesthetics > Religious aspects
  • Aesthetics > Religious aspects
  • Art and popular culture
  • Art and popular culture > India
  • Art and religion
  • Art and religion > India > History > 21st century
  • Commercial art
  • Commercial art > India
  • Gods in art
  • Gods in art
  • Idols and images in art
  • Idols and images in art
  • India
  • Religion and culture
  • Religion and culture > India
Genre/Form
History
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Emergence -- Statues and Sculptors -- Democracy -- Iconopraxis -- Cars and Land -- Scale
ISBN
  • 9781478010340
  • 1478010347
  • 9781478011392
  • 1478011394
  • 9781478012887 (canceled/invalid)
LCCN
2020020342
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries