The grace of four moons : dress, adornment, and the art of the body in modern India /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Pravina Shukla
Format: Printed Book
Language:English
Published: Bloomington : Indiana University Press, c2008.
Series:Material culture (Indiana University, Bloomington)
Subjects:
Clothing and dress > India.
Saris > India.
Wedding costume > India.
Dress accessories > India.
Online Access:http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0724/2007032051.html
Table of Contents:
  • Body art in Banaras
  • Getting ready
  • Gaze, sacred and secular
  • Shopping for clothes
  • Weaving saris
  • Making jewelry
  • Kanhaiya Lal
  • Shopping along the Vishvanath Gali
  • Assembling bangle sets
  • Nina Khanchandani
  • Neelam Chaturvedi
  • Mukta Tripathi
  • After the wedding
  • Before the wedding
  • The wedding
  • The study of body art.

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