Guha-Thakurta Monuments, Objects, Histories

Institutions of Art in Colonial and Post-Colonial India
1. Auflage 2004
ISBN: 978-0-231-50351-8
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 432 Seiten, Format (B × H): 254 mm x 178 mm

Reihe: Cultures of History

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Autoren/Hrsg.

Guha-Thakurta, Tapati

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Asiatische Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Kunst Kunstgeschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Illustrations
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Part I. The Colonial Past
1. The Empire and its Antiquities: Two Pioneers and Their Scholarly Fields
2.The Museum in the Colony: Conserving, Collecting, Classifying
Part II. Regional Frames
3. Interlocuting Texts and Monuments: The Coming of Sge of the 'Native' Scholar
4. Between the Nation and the Region: The Locations of a Bengali Archaeologist
5. Wresting the Nation's Prerogative: Art History and Nationalism in Bengal
Part III. National Claims
6. The Demands of Independence: From a National Exhibition to a National Museum
7. 'For the Greater Glory of Indian Art': Travels and Travails of a Yakshi
Part IV. The Embattled Present
8. Art History and the Nude: On art, Obscenity, and Sexuality in Contemporary India
9. Archaeology and the Monument: On Two Contentious Sites of Faith and History
Notes
Bibliography
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Tapati Guha-Thakurta is professor in history at the Centre for Studies in Social Sciences, Calcutta, The author of The Making of a New 'Indian' Art: Artists, Aesthetics, and Nationalism in Bengal, she is a specialist on the art and cultural history of modern and contemporary India.