Chatterji, Roma

Speaking with pictures: folk art and the narrative tradition in India - New Delhi Routledge 2012 - xxvi, 299p. Includes bibliography, glossary and index - Critical Asian studies .

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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Folk art India
Art and mythology
Graphic Novel