Alice Tilche

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Adivasi Art and Activism: Curation in a Nationalist AgeHardcover, 9 February 2022

Adivasi Art and Activism: Curation in a Nationalist Age
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Part of Series
Global South Asia
Print Length
256 pages
Language
English
Publisher
University of Washington Press
Date Published
9 Feb 2022
ISBN-10
0295749709
ISBN-13
9780295749709

Description

As India consolidates an aggressive model of economic development, indigenous tribal people known as adivasis continue to be overrepresented among the country's poor. Adivasis make up more than eight hundred communities in India, with a total population of more than a hundred million people who speak more than three hundred different languages. Although their historical presence is acknowledged by the state and they are lauded as a part of India's ethnic identity today, their poverty has been compounded by the suppression of their cultural heritage and lifestyle.

In Adivasi Art and Activism, Alice Tilche draws on anthropological fieldwork conducted in rural western India to chart changes in adivasi aesthetics, home life, attire, food, and ideas of religiosity that have emerged from negotiation with the homogenizing forces of Hinduization, development, and globalization in the twenty-first century. She documents curatorial projects located not only in museums and art institutions, but in the realms of the home, the body, and the landscape. Adivasi Art and Activism raises vital questions about preservation and curation of indigenous material and provides an astute critique of the aesthetics and politics of Hindu nationalism.

Product Details

Author:
Alice Tilche
Book Format:
Hardcover
Country of Origin:
US
Date Published:
9 February 2022
Genre:
Asian - General
ISBN-10:
0295749709
ISBN-13:
9780295749709
Language:
English
Location:
Seattle
Pages:
256

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