Speaking with Pictures
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Speaking with Pictures

Folk Art and the Narrative Tradition in India

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Speaking with Pictures

Folk Art and the Narrative Tradition in India

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Speaking with Pictures offers a path-breaking exploration of visual narratives in folk art. It foregrounds folk art's engagement with modernity by re-looking at its figurative modes and the ways in which they are embedded in mythic thought. The book discusses folk art as a contemporary phenomenon which is a part of a complex visual culture where the 'essence' of tradition is best captured in a 'new' form or medium. Each chapter picks up a theme that moves between the local and the global, thereby attempting to problematise the stereotypical view of folk artists as carriers of 'timeless tradition'. The volume provides an ethnographic account of innovations through a detailed analysis of the scroll painting tradition of the patuas of West Bengal and the Pardhan-Gond style of Madhya Pradesh, highlighting some recent attempts at inter-medium exchange in storytelling.

The book will interest those in visual and popular culture in anthropology, sociology, literary criticism and folklore. It will also be of immense value to art historians, museologists, curators and NGOs working in media and communication, apart from those with a general interest in folk art.

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Publisher
Routledge India
Year
2020
ISBN
9781000059182
Edition
1
Topic
Art
Subtopic
Art General

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Series Page
  4. Title Page
  5. Copyright Page
  6. Contents
  7. List of Plates
  8. Glossary
  9. Foreword
  10. Acknowledgements
  11. 1. Folk Art: What Kind of Object is it?
  12. 2. Global Events and Local Narratives: 9/11 and the Chitrakars
  13. 3. Words and Images: Storytelling in Gond Art
  14. 4. Patua Art and the Graphic Novel: An Experiment in Inter-Textual Communication
  15. 5. Conclusion: Pictures and Myths
  16. Appendix I: Adim Juger Manush
  17. Appendix II: The Chameleon’s Dreams
  18. Appendix III A: The Story of Ramayana
  19. Appendix III B: The Abduction of Sita
  20. Appendix IV: Sita Harana
  21. Bibliography
  22. About the Author
  23. Index