The grace of four moons : dress, adornment, and the art of the body in modern India / Pravina Shukla...
The grace of four moons : dress, adornment, and the art of the body in modern India / Pravina Shukla...
The grace of four moons : dress, adornment, and the art of the body in modern India / Pravina Shukla ; photographs by Pravina Shukla and Henry Glassie.
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Publisher
Bloomington : Indiana University Press, c2008.
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N391.00954/4
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Language
English
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Physical Description
Physical content
xi, 498 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), maps ; 25 cm.
Contents
Body art in Banaras -- Getting ready -- Gaze, sacred and secular -- Shopping for clothes -- Weaving saris -- Making jewelry -- Kanhaiya Lal -- Shopping along the Vishvanath Gali -- Assembling bangle sets -- Nina Khanchandani -- Neelam Chaturvedi -- Mukta Tripathi -- After the wedding -- Before the w...
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Publisher
Bloomington : Indiana University Press, c2008.
Place of Publication
Indiana
Date Published
c2008.
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Summary
"In this illustrated study, Pravina Shukla documents the clothing decisions made by ordinary people in their everyday lives. Drawing on fieldwork in Banaras, India, she describes the full process of body art, from the preparation of raw materials and manufacture of objects, through their sale and the interactions between merchants and consumers, to...
Alternative Titles
Full title
The grace of four moons : dress, adornment, and the art of the body in modern India / Pravina Shukla ; photographs by Pravina Shukla and Henry Glassie.
Portion of title
Grace of 4 moons.
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Notes
General note
Material culture.
Material culture.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 471-490) and index.
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Date Copyright
c2008.
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N391.00954/4
Record Identifier
74VM8P2b63Py
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ISBN
0253349117 (cloth)
9780253349118 (cloth)
DDC
391.00954
MMS ID
991000044269702626
