Transculturality, Sensoriality, and Politics of Decorative Arts of Kerala, India

Reference Type Thesis
Year of Publication
2020
Author
Author: Deepthi Murali
Advisor: C. Becker (n2014016336)
Language
English
Institution
UIC
Keywords
South Asia/South East Asia
Decorative Arts
Abstract
This dissertation examines the historical and contemporary lives of transcultural decorative arts produced in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries in Kerala, India, arguing for their sensorial and political efficacy in colonial and courtly sociopolitical encounters in India and Europe. Simultaneously, this dissertation investigates how art is made in littoral Kerala through diverse transcultural practices.
Addendum
10/21/2022
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