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020 _a9781861891846
082 _a320.095409045
_bPIN
100 _aPinney, Christopher
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245 _aPhotos of the Gods :
_bthe printed image and political struggle in India
260 _aLondon
_bReaktion Books Ltd.
_c2009
300 _a238p.
505 _aCONTENTS Introduction: The Possibility of a Visual History 7 1. Indian Images Under the Shadow of Colonialism 13 2. Staging Hinduism: Lithographs and Popular Theatre in Calcutta, 1870-1885 25 3. Peshwas, Parrots and Bombs: Lithographs and Politics in Western India, 1870-1885 45 4. Lithographs and the Camera in Bombay and Delhi, 1890-1925 59 5. Pastoral Realism: The Nathdvara Devotional Aesthetic, 1925-1935 79 6. The Politics of Popular Images: From Cow Protection to M. K. Gandhi, 1890-1950 105 7. Half-Seen in Advance: Picture Production in Independent India, 1950-2000 145 8. What Pictures Want Now: Rural Consumers of Images, 1980-2000 181 Epilogue: The Recursive Archive 201 References 211 Select Bibliography 223 Acknowledgements 226 A Note on Transliteration 227 List of Illustrations 228 Index 231
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