Old Stacks, New Leaves

The Arts of the Book in South Asia

Inbunden, Engelska, 2023

AvSonal Khullar

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A deep dive into the visual forms, material contexts, social lives, and global circulations of booksIn the twenty-first century, debates on the future of books and print culture have intensified with the rise of digital technologies, and the contemporary art world has witnessed an explosion of interest in the book form. Amid this artistic and intellectual activity, there has been little scrutiny of book arts in South Asia and their particular ontologies, histories, and genealogies. This volume weaves together scholarly essays, original artistic projects, and works of creative nonfiction to trace a history of illustrated books in South Asia from 1100 CE to the present.From Nepalese palm-leaf manuscripts and imperial Mughal albums to lithographed cookbooks and mimeographed magazines, contributors examine a diverse range of materials rarely, if ever, studied together. Thematically organized, the chapters stage a critical dialogue between artists and scholars, emphasizing the visual, material, aesthetic, and phenomenological dimensions of books. Against narratives of the death of books in a digital age, this volume argues for the book as a vital form and dynamic practice. Written in a lucid and lively style, it will be of interest to scholars, curators, artists, critics, students, museum visitors, and readers of contemporary comics and graphic novels.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2023-05-09
Mått178 x 254 x 25 mm
Vikt1 111 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SerieOld Stacks, New Leaves
Antal sidor328
FörlagUniversity of Washington Press
ISBN9780295751115

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Sonal Khullar is W. Norman Brown Associate Professor of South Asian Studies in the Department of History of Art at the University of Pennsylvania. She is author of Worldly Affiliations: Artistic Practice, National Identity, and Modernism in India, 1930–1990. Contributors: Elizabeth Dadi, Iftikhar Dadi, Sylvia Houghteling, Jinah Kim, Naila Mahmood, Arvind Krishna Mehrotra, Yael Rice, Holly Shaffer, T. Shanaathanan, Parismita Singh, Laura Weinstein, and Anand A. Yang

AcknowledgementsNote on Transliteration and Naming ConventionsIntroduction: Love in the StacksSonal KhullarHOLDING AND CARRYING1. A Book and the Goddess: The Devimahatmya from Palm Leaf to PaperJinah KimArtist's Project 1: The Travels of a KingT. ShanaathananCOVERING AND CAPTIONING2. Clothing the Book: Texts, Textiles, and an Ethics of CareSylvia Houghteling3. Meaning in the Margins: Kannada Captions in a Deccani SindbadnamaLaura WeinsteinArtist's Project 2: After the PlagueParismita SinghCUTTING AND PASTING4. Books That Bind: The Persianate Album and Its Widespread CirculationYael Rice5. Migrations of Media: Photographic Albums, Prints, and Wall PaintingsHolly ShafferArtist's Project 3: Queen Victoria's Favorite SoupNaila MahmoodREADING AND RECYCLING6. Lithographic Assemblages: The Urdu Art Book in the Age of PrintIftikhar Dadi7. Books and the Matter of Art: Notes on Materiality, Dematerialization, and ValueSonal KhullarArtists' Project 4: Tasavvur (Imagination)Iftikhar Dadi and Elizabeth DadiCRAFTING AND COLLECTING8. Quink on My HandsArvind Krishna Mehrotra9. In My Father's TrunkAnand A. YangBibliographyContributorsIndex

"Ingeniously reinvigorates the study of South Asia's lesser-known book arts, transforming the reader's experience into the rise and swell of artistic performance. . . . Old Stacks, New Leaves: The Arts of the Book in South Asia achieves a rare balance between historical analysis, contemporary theory, and material engagement, opening myriad pathways to the art book. Like a classical Indian music concert, the essays rise to moments of scholarly virtuosity, relax with lilting refrains of insight, and resolve into profound discoveries."