Crafting the nation in colonial India /

"Well before Gandhi popularized hand-spun, hand-woven cloth, British and Indian activists had made crafts central to plans for India's economic and cultural revival. Combining tradition and employment at a time of industrial transition, crafts appealed to both government officials and nati...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: McGowan, Abigail (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2009.
Edición:1st ed.
Temas:
1765-1947
Decorative arts > India.
Industries, Primitive > India.
Cultural awareness > India.
Industries, Prehistoric > India.
Arts décoratifs > Inde.
Industries primitives > Inde.
Sensibilisation aux cultures > Inde.
ART > Popular Culture.
Cultural awareness
Decorative arts
Industries, Primitive.
India > History > British occupation, 1765-1947.
Inde > Histoire > 1765-1947 (Occupation britannique)
India
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Demanding knowledge, documenting the body
  • The culture of difference : from colonial knowledge to the problem with crafts
  • Developing traditions : preservationist design and the independent artisan
  • Modernizing artisanship : rationalization, efficiency and the cult of the craftsman
  • Conclusion : the long life of difference : Gandhi and the politics of crafts after 1920.

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