TY - BOOK AU - Burman, Kaustav Kalyan Deb (PD001117) AU - Khanwalkar, Seema (Guide) TI - Craft as an object of retail : in the 21st century : an analysis through a semiotic lens (Softcopy is also available) U1 - MIAD TH-0182 PY - 2019/// N1 - CONTENTS Abstract 10 Research Questions 11 Introduction 12-15 Sinificance , Scope and Limitation 16-17 Methodology (Structural overview) 18 Semiotic Codes 19-20 Chapter 1 The History of ‘Notions’ of Craft Developed Over Time and Events 23-36 1.1 Expression and Viewership of Craft through Exhibitions 1.2 Contribution on Craft in the discourse of Nation building 1.3 Crafts Multilayered Image_ The Visual & Verbal Chapter 2 The Analytical framework 2.1 Framework of Analysis 37-39 Decoding and analyzing the models of Retailing of 4 selected typologies: 2.2 Fabindia - A Branded Physical store that was established at the time of Nation Building 40-53 2.3 Craft roots - A Branded Physical store that was established a decade ago 54-63 2.4 Gaatha - A Branded Online store that was established a decade ago 64-73 2.5 Haats and Bazaar - An informal retail concept that started since Nation Building 74-83 Chapter 3 Findings 85-92 Conclusion 93-101 Appendix 1 Observations of 'Domestic Retailing in Bhuj and Kutch' 104-107 Appendix 2 ‘The Jawaja Project’- through the lens of retailing 108-110 Appendix 3 List of images used for the case studies 111-121 Index - List of Ilustrations 1 22-125 References 126-127 ER -