Royal Patronage, Power and Aesthetics in Princely India

Häftad, Engelska, 2016

Av Angma Dey Jhala

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Investigating the aesthetics of the zenana – the female quarters of the Indic home or palace – this study discusses the history of architecture, fashion, jewellery and cuisine in princely Indian states during the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries.

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Utgivningsdatum2016-01-21
Mått156 x 234 x 13 mm
Vikt453 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
SerieEmpires in Perspective
Antal sidor256
FörlagTaylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN9781138663183

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Chapter 1 Introduction: Cosmopolitan Collectors; Chapter 1a The Dholpur Jewellery Dispute, c. 1913: State Jewels, Stridhana and Zenana Patrons; Chapter 2 Trans-Regional Chefs, Kitchens and Cookbooks: Food in the Colonial and Postcolonial Zenana; Chapter 3 The Tawa’if and the Maharani: The Influence of Royal Aesthetics on Indian Cinema, Tourism and Popular Culture; Chapter 4 The Pardah Princess: Orientalist Portraits of the Zenana in Merchant Ivory’s Films; Chapter 5 Epilogue;