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10%OFFKajri Jain - Gods in the Bazaar: The Economies of Indian Calendar Art - 9780822339267 - V9780822339267
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Gods in the Bazaar: The Economies of Indian Calendar Art

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Description for Gods in the Bazaar: The Economies of Indian Calendar Art Paperback. Calendar art appears in all manner of contexts in India: in chic elite living rooms, middle-class kitchens, urban slums, and village huts. This book examines the power that calendar art wields in Indian mass culture, arguing that its meanings derive as much from the production and circulation of the images as from their visual features. Series: Objects/Histories. Num Pages: 448 pages, 156 color illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 3JJ; ACBP; AFH; HBJF; HBLW; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 253 x 179 x 27. Weight in Grams: 1226.
Gods in the Bazaar is a fascinating account of the printed images known in India as “calendar art” or “bazaar art,” the color-saturated, mass-produced pictures often used on calendars and in advertisements, featuring deities and other religious themes as well as nationalist leaders, alluring women, movie stars, chubby babies, and landscapes. Calendar art appears in all manner of contexts in India: in chic elite living rooms, middle-class kitchens, urban slums, village huts; hung on walls, stuck on scooters and computers, propped up on machines, affixed to dashboards, tucked into wallets and lockets. In this beautifully illustrated book, Kajri Jain examines ... Read more

Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
512
Condition
New
Series
Objects/Histories
Number of Pages
448
Place of Publication
North Carolina, United States
ISBN
9780822339267
SKU
V9780822339267
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-1

About Kajri Jain
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.

Reviews for Gods in the Bazaar: The Economies of Indian Calendar Art
“[A] world full of surprising diversity, economic ingenuity, and artistic acumen both from the author and her subject.” - Stefaan Van Ryssen, Leonardo “[T]here is no doubt that the author has written a most interesting, illuminative and valuable book on the calendar art of India, which is bound to serve as an authoritative source of reference to scholars and lay ... Read more

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