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This book examines the new orientations in the writing of cultural histories of India from the pre-colonial and early modern period into the postcolonial and contemporary era. It analyses the 'materialist' turn through wide-ranging textual, visual, aural, ritual, and spatial resources like eighteenth-century scribal literature in western India, art deco architecture in twentieth century Calcutta, contemporary urban spaces, early illustrated Bengali almanacs, circulating heads in Naga hills, football in Calcutta's politics, performance and film-making studies in south India, and Mayawati's monuments in Lucknow. The essays examine how recent interdisciplinary studies have enriched our understanding of cultural pasts and presents. Providing an overview of the popular and public manifestations of cultures over time, this volume traces the distinct trajectory of cultural histories of India. It highlights the need for a more dynamic formulation of new cultural history of India in the present era of globalization.
Contents
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS ; PREFACE ; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ; INTRODUCTION: NEW CULTURAL HISTORIES OF INDIA: MATERIALITY AND PRACTICES BY PARTHA CHATTERJEE, TAPATI GUHA-THAKURTA, AND BODHISATTVA KAR ; PART I: THE TEXTUAL ; 1. FOR A MULTILINGUAL LITERARY HISTORY: NORTH INDIA IN THE LONG FIFTEENTH CENTURY BY FRANCESCA ORSINI ; 2. SCRIPTING THE CULTURAL HISTORY OF LANGUAGE: MODI IN THE COLONIAL ARCHIVE BY PRACHI DESHPANDE ; 3. POET OF THE PRESENT: THE MATERIAL OBJECT IN THE WORLD OF ISWAR GUPTA BY ROSINKA CHAUDHURI ; PART II: THE VISUAL ; 4. THE LOOK OF HISTORY: THE POWER OF THE AESTHETIC BY CHRISTOPHER PINNEY ; 5. THE HANDBAG THAT EXPLODED: MAYAWATI'S MONUMENTS AND THE AESTHETICS OF DEMOCRACY IN POST-REFORM INDIA BY KAJARI JAIN ; 6. CONCEITS OF THE COPY: TRAVELLING REPLICAS OF THE PAST AND THE PRESENT BY TAPATI GUHA-THAKURTA ; PART III: THE AURAL ; 7. WHEN KATHAVARAYAN SPOKE HIS MIND: THE INTRICATE DYNAMICS OF THE FORMATIONS OF THE POLITICAL THROUGH FILM MAKING PRACTICES IN TAMIL NADU BY RAJAN KURAI KRISHNAN ; 8. MUSIC REVIVALS-MAJOR AND MINOR: STUDYING THE POLITICS OF PERFORMANCE IN MODERN SOUTH INDIA BY LAKSHMI SUBRAMANIAN ; PART IV: THE RITUAL ; 9. PICTURES IN CELESTIAL AND WORLDLY TIME: ILLUSTRATIONS IN NINETEENTH-CENTURY BENGALI ALMANACS BY GAUTAM BHADRA ; 10. FOOTBALL AND COLLECTIVE IDENTITY IN COLONIAL CALCUTTA BY PARTHA CHATTERJEE ; 11. HEADS IN THE NAGA HILLS BY BODHISATTVA KAR ; PART V: THE SPATIAL ; 12. 'METRO PATTERN': ART DECO RESIDENCES AND MODERN VISUALITY IN CALCUTTA BY SWATI CHATTOPADHYAY ; 13. URBAN SPACES, POST-NATIONALISM AND THE MAKING OF THE CONSUMER-CITIZEN IN INDIA BY SANJAY SRIVASTAVA ; 14. WHEN THE REVOLUTION IS TELEVISED: REFLECTIONS ON MEDIA, CIVIL SOCIETY AND POWER IN CONTEMPORARY INDIA BY SRIRUPA ROY ; NOTES ON CONTRIBUTORS
