Lessons from Hell: Printing and Punishment in India
Author:   Christopher Pinney
Publisher:   The Marg Foundation
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9789383243204


Pages:   140
Publication Date:   31 March 2018
Format:   Hardback
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Author:   Christopher Pinney
Publisher:   The Marg Foundation
Imprint:   The Marg Foundation
ISBN:  

9789383243204


ISBN 10:   9383243201
Pages:   140
Publication Date:   31 March 2018
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  College/higher education ,  Professional & Vocational ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Acknowledgements Lessons from Hell The Oldest of Archives Atrocious Representations Myth, Play and Pedagogy Short Notes on Heaven Printing in India Verticality and the Public Puranic Origins Colonial Hell Indian Hells in a Global Context The Architecture of Hell Yampats The Mechanics of Mimesis Dalit Critiques The History of Hell Celluloid Hell Mimesis as Infection From Karni Bharni to Ideal Boy The Politics of Karni Bharni

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Christopher Pinney is Professor of Anthropology and Visual Culture at University College London. His chief interests are in commercial print culture and photography in South Asia and popular Hinduism in central India. He has held visiting positions at the Australian National University (Canberra), University of Chicago, University of Cape Town, Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois), Bogazici University (Istanbul), and Jagiellonian University (Krakow) among others. Among his publications are Camera Indica (1997), Photos of the Gods (2004), The Coming of Photography in India (2008) and Photography and Anthropology (2011). A book about mirages, The Waterless Sea, is forthcoming.

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