Pepita Seth

In God's Mirror

The Theyyams of Malabar

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Produktbeschreibung

One woman's unprecedented portrait, in her words and photographs, of Theyyam, a 2,000-year-old ritual of worship found only in the northern region of Kerala, India.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Scala Arts & Heritage Publishers Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 336
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. November 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 253mm x 285mm x 37mm
• Gewicht: 2104g
• ISBN-13: 9781785514111
• ISBN-10: 1785514113
• Artikelnr.: 64035544

Autorenporträt

Pepita Seth first visited India in 1970. After several years she became drawn to Kerala and eventually based herself in Thrissur, where she now lives. She has written and lectured extensively on Kerala's traditions and had exhibitions of her photographs in India, Britain and the United States. In 1981 she received official permission to enter Kerala's temples, and she has been photographing Theyyam since the early 1990s. Her book Heaven on Earth: the Universe of Kerala's Guruvayur Temple was published in 2009. In 2012 the Indian Government awarded her the Padma Shri. She has also published two novels, The Spirit Land (1994) and The Edge of Another World (2015).