Speaking with pictures: folk art and the narrative tradition in India

By:

Chatterji, Roma

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TextSeries: Critical Asian studiesPublication details: New Delhi Routledge 2012Description: xxvi, 299p. Includes bibliography, glossary and indexISBN:

9781138639843

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Other classification:

Y:351.2 Q2

Summary: This book explores visual narratives in folk art, particularly the scroll painting tradition of the patuas of West Bengal and the Pardhan-Gond style of Madhya Pradesh. It foregrounds folk art’s engagement with modernity by re-looking at its figurative modes and the ways in which they are embedded in mythic thought.

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Textbook

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This book explores visual narratives in folk art, particularly the scroll painting tradition of the patuas of West Bengal and the Pardhan-Gond style of Madhya Pradesh. It foregrounds folk art’s engagement with modernity by re-looking at its figurative modes and the ways in which they are embedded in mythic thought.

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