History of India through 75 objects

By:

Guha, Sudeshna

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: India Hachette India 2022Description: 688 pISBN:

978-9350099025

Subject(s):

Indian History Object storytelling, Histography

DDC classification:

ART SUD

Summary: A Mughal knife made from a meteorite. A precious necklace split between two nations at partition. A butter advert that achieves iconic status. Through a curatorial selection of objects from the prehistoric ages through twenty-first century India, Sudeshna Guha provides a panoramic view of the rich histories of the subcontinent. The incisive essays in this collection detail not just objects but the histories of their reception: examining how changing times and attitudes cast their presence on the ways in which the past is interpreted and recalled. In doing so, A History of India through 75 Objects inspires us to interrogate our own notions of a knowable past and fixed national history. Teeming with thought-provoking insights and surprising anecdotes, the essays instil a sense of wonder about the continuous processes by which histories are constructed.

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Cover image	Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
	Books	Arthshila Ahmedabad Cluster: 3P	ART/SUD (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		BK01780

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A Mughal knife made from a meteorite. A precious necklace split between two nations at partition. A butter advert that achieves iconic status.

Through a curatorial selection of objects from the prehistoric ages through twenty-first century India, Sudeshna Guha provides a panoramic view of the rich histories of the subcontinent. The incisive essays in this collection detail not just objects but the histories of their reception: examining how changing times and attitudes cast their presence on the ways in which the past is interpreted and recalled. In doing so, A History of India through 75 Objects inspires us to interrogate our own notions of a knowable past and fixed national history. Teeming with thought-provoking insights and surprising anecdotes, the essays instil a sense of wonder about the continuous processes by which histories are constructed.

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