Saswati Bhattacharya

Potters without a Wheel (eBook, PDF)

Ethnography of the Mritshilpis in Kolkata

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Produktbeschreibung

This book is an ethnographic study of clay idol-makers of Kumartuli in Kolkata, India.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 168
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. Juni 2022
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781000598612
• Artikelnr.: 63958719

Autorenporträt

Saswati Bhattacharya has been teaching at the Department of Sociology, Lady Shri Ram College, Delhi University, since 2010. She has completed her doctoral research at Jawaharlal Nehru University, India. Her interest areas are urban sociology, sociology of religion and sociology of contemporary India. Her main research area is urbanisation and the religious publics, exploring how patterns of urbanisation, migration and post-industrial economy shape the nature of religion in urban spaces, which further modifies the nature of both, social policy and interpersonal relationships.

Inhaltsangabe

List of Figures



Acknowledgements



List of Acronyms

1 Why Explore the Genre of Clay Idol-Making?

2 Pottery, Potters and Mritshilpis: Claims of Heredity

3 Regional Culture of Durga Puja and the Mritshilpis

4 The Market for and of the Mritshilpis

5 Political Economy of Mritshilpo

6 Reclaiming and Maintaining Identity



Bibliography



Index

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List of Figures
Acknowledgements
List of Acronyms
1 Why Explore the Genre of Clay Idol-Making?
2 Pottery, Potters and Mritshilpis: Claims of Heredity
3 Regional Culture of Durga Puja and the Mritshilpis
4 The Market for and of the Mritshilpis
5 Political Economy of Mritshilpo
6 Reclaiming and Maintaining Identity
Bibliography
Index