Jain / Thomas Gods in the Bazaar

The Economies of Indian Calendar Art
1. Auflage 2007
ISBN: 978-0-8223-8973-6
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 448 Seiten

Reihe: Objects/Histories

A theoretically informed cultural study of the design, production, and circulation of Indian calendar art.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Jain, Kajri

Thomas, Nicholas

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Kunst Kunstgeschichte Kunstgeschichte: 20./21. Jahrhundert Pop Art, Minimalismus
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein
• Geisteswissenschaften Kunst Kunststile Asiatische Kunst

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Notes on Style vii

Acknowledgments ix

Introduction: Calendar Art as an Object of Knowledge 1

Part 1. Genealogy

1. Vernacularizing Capitalism: Sivakasi and Its Circuits 31

2. When the Gods Go to Market 77

3. Naturalizing the Popular 115

Part 2. Economy

4. The Sacred Icon in the Age of the Work of Art and Mechanical Reproduction 171

5. The Circulation of Images and the Embodiment of Value 217

Part 3. Efficacy

6. The Efficacious Image and the Sacralization of Modernity 269

7. Flexing the Canon 315

Conclusion 355

Notes 375

Works Cited 409

Index 427

Über Autor(innen)

Kajri Jain is Assistant Professor in the Departments of Film Studies and Visual Arts at the University of Western Ontario. She previously trained and worked as a graphic designer in India.