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Making Faces : Self and Image Creation in a Himalayan Valley /
Taberam Soni, Labh Singh, Amar Singh, and other artists live and work in the hill-villages of the lower Himalayas in Himachal Pradesh, India. There, they fashion face-images of deities out of thin sheets of precious metal. This book tells the story of these god-makers, the gods they make, and the co...
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Honolulu :
University of Hawaiʻi Press,
[2013]
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| Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Taberam Soni, Labh Singh, Amar Singh, and other artists live and work in the hill-villages of the lower Himalayas in Himachal Pradesh, India. There, they fashion face-images of deities out of thin sheets of precious metal. This book tells the story of these god-makers, the gods they make, and the communities that participate in the creative process and its accompanying rituals. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource. |
| ISBN: | 9780824837242 |