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This book celebrates the diversity of the vast subcontinent by examining little known folk traditions of village and nomad peoples. Drawing upon the traditions of India's half million villages, it helps comprehend the inner logic behind the almost numberless acts of Hindu devotion that occur each day, many of which involve the adornment of homes and altars and the creation of clay vessels and images. They show how, in traditions of embroidery and dress, we can 'read' the complicated ethnic and caste relationships that characterise the societal matrix of the rural peoples. Consequently, the India presented here is village rather than city, local and regional rather than national, peaceful rather than chaotic, spiritual rather than sensational, and despite the vast changes taking place, essentially timeless. The essays in this book are based on field research by leading experts Nora Fisher, Judy Frater, Stephen Huyler, Jyotindra Jain and Vijaya Nagarajan.
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Hardbound. Condition: Very Good. Quarto in dust jacket, llustrated endpapers, half-title-page and title-page spread, 240 pp., color photos throughout, map, end notes, bibllography, glossary, captions, biodata Foreword by Charlene Cerny. Articles are "To Adorn: At One Wth Life," Nora Fisher, "The Implicit and the Manifest in Indian Folk Art and Mythology,' Jain, "Elements of Style: The Artisan Reflected in Embroderies of Western India," Judy Frater, "Rabari Dress: Adornment that Tells of Tradition," Frater, "Banjara: Adornment of a People of All India," Fisher, "Creating Sacred Spaces: Women's Wall and Floor Decorations in Indian Homes," Stephen Huyler, "Hosting the Divine: The Kolam in Tamilnadu," Vijaya Nagarajan, "Clay, Sacred and Sublime: Terracotta in India," Huyler. Seller Inventory # 101224
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Softcover. Condition: Very Good. Immediate dispatch from Somerset. Nice book in great condition. Pages in excellent condition. Images are beautiful bright and vivid. No notes or highlighting. See images. Fantastic book. About the book >.>.> The very word, for a Westerner, calls up myriad conflicting visual images: teeming cities with flower bedecked cattle wandering among the urban poor; dark-eyed, mysterious jeweled and veiled women in colorful silk saris; similarly dark-eyed children, the eyes imploring us for a meal; the sacred Ganges and the burning funeral pyres along its banks; Mother Theresa's pious and deeply etched face; a holy man sitting on a bed of nails; the gleaming and pristine Taj Mahal. But these stereotypical images of India, too often created by travel ads, social agency appeals for help, newsclips and the occasional television documentary, only begin to suggest the complexity and richness of Indian culture. Focusing on customs that we perceive to be exotic, even sensational, and on the urban problems confronting India today, these images- if left intact and unexamined-rob us of a true understanding of the diverse peoples and places that comprise modern India. So it is that we offer up. Seller Inventory # Batch-FM314-VG-7753
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Softcover. Color illus. wraps, 240 pp., many color illus. Issued in conjunction with a 1993-1994 exhibition of textiles and home decorations from rural India. Consists of 8 thematic and highly illustrated essays. Includes a bibliography and glossary. Much to see here. VG- (Ex-art library with few marks and labels; bookplate; average edge wear; book block is beginning to separate from cover at front hinge and could be repaired; this copy is WARMLY INSCRIBED BY THE EDITOR on an opening illustrated page.). Seller Inventory # 154105
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