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082			_a701.030954 _bGUH
100			_aGuha-Thakurta, Tapati _912694
245			_aMonuments, objects histories : institutions of art in colonial and postcolonial India
260			_aRanikhet _bPermanent Black _c2020
300			_axxv,404p.
505			_aCONTENTS List of Illustrations ix Acknowledgments xiii Introduction xvii PART I : The Colonial Past CHAPTER 1 THE EMPIRE AND ITS ANTIQUITIES: TWO PIONEERS AND THEIR SCHOLARLY FIELDS 3 CHAPTER 2 THE MUSEUM IN THE COLONY: COLLECTING, CONSERVING, CLASSIFYING 43 PART II : Regional Frames CHAPTER 3 INTERLOCUTING TEXTS AND MONUMENTS: THE COMING OF AGE OF THE "NATIVE" SCHOLAR 85 CHAPTER 4 BETWEEN THE NATION AND THE REGION: THE LOCATIONS OF A BENGALI ARCHAEOLOGIST 112 CHAPTER 5 WRESTING THE NATION'S PREROGATIVE: ART HISTORY AND NATIONALISM IN BENGAL 140 PART III : National Claims CHAPTER 6 THE DEMANDS OF INDEPENDENCE: FROM A NATIONAL EXHIBITION TO A NATIONAL MUSEUM 175 CHAPTER 7 "FOR THE GREATER GLORY OF INDIAN ART" : TRAVELS AND TRAVAILS OF A YAKSHI 205 PART IV : The Embattled Present CHAPTER 8 ART HISTORY AND THE NUDE: ON ART, OBSCENITY, AND SEXUALITY IN CONTEMPORARY INDIA 237 CHAPTER 9 ARCHAEOLOGY AND THE MONUMENT: ON TWO CONTENTIOUS SITES OF FAITH AND HISTORY 268 Notes 305 Bibliography 373 Index 393
890			_aIndia
891			_aFA
942			_2ddc
999			_c71327 _d71327
650			_aArchitecture _aColonial influence _aArt, Indic _aArt--Historiography _aArchaeology--Research