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Re-visioning the past : early photography in Bengal, 1875-1915

Title: Re-visioning the past : early photography in Bengal, 1875-1915 / Malavika Karlekar.
Author: Karlekar, Malavika.
Publication: New Delhi : Oxford University Press, 2005.

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Description

xii, 197 pages : illustrations, maps; 27 cm

Summary

"This book, based on photographs taken in Bengal during the period 1875-1915, aims to introduce a new dimension to the experience of colonialism and reconstructs a history of growing urban Bengali middle-class society. Using rare archival photographs, Re-visioning the Past shows how the entry of the photograph into the domestic sphere coincided with significant familial and spatio-temporal change - and indeed served as a metaphor for the same." "Apart from being of interest to a general public, Re-visioning the Past is a significant contribution to cultural, postcolonial and gender studies, and will appeal to anthropologists, sociologists, social and cultural historians, and those interested in the visual arts."--Jacket.

Subject

Genre/Form

History.

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references (p. [175]-186) and index.

Contents

Ch. I. Inventions and the image -- Ch. II. Visualizing the Indian empire -- Ch. III. The Bengali experience -- Ch. IV. Photographic pioneers.

ISBN

9780195671551
0195671554

LCCN

2005386496
9780195671551

OCLC

ocm60559899
60559899
SCSB-1370826

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library