The grace of four moons : dress, adornment, and the art of the body in modern India /
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| Author / Creator: | Shukla, Pravina. |
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| Imprint: | Bloomington : Indiana University Press, c2008. |
| Description: | xi, 498 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), maps ; 25 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Material culture Material culture (Indiana University, Bloomington) |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/6821379 |
Table of Contents:
- Acknowledgments
- Part 1. Introduction
- 1. Body Art in Banaras
- 2. Getting Ready
- 3. Gaze, Sacred and Secular
- Part 2. Production and Commerce
- 4. Shopping for Clothes
- 5. Weaving Saris
- 6. Making Jewelry
- 7. Kanhaiya Lal
- 8. Shopping along the Vishvanath Gali
- 9. Assembling Bangle Sets
- Part 3. Personal Adornment
- 10. Nina Khanchandani
- 11. Neelam Chaturvedi
- 12. Mukta Tripathi
- Part 4. Body Art in the Lifecycle
- 13. After the Wedding
- 14. Before the Wedding
- 15. The Wedding
- Part 5. Conclusion
- 16. The Study of Body Art
- Glossary
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
