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020 _a9789386552440
_qhbk
082 _a709.540954
_bMOT
100 _aMortescu-Mayes, Annamaria
245 0 _a Visual histories of South Asia
_cEdited By Annamaria Mortescu-Mayes & Marcus Banks
260 _bPrimus Books
_c2017
_aDelhi
300 _a xxviii, 314 pages
_bill.
_c24 cm.
504 _aBib and Ref
520 _aThe key purpose of the book is to introduce scholars and students of South Asian and Indian history to the ?rst in-depth evaluation of visual research methods as a valid research framework for new historical studies. The volume identi?es and evaluates current developments in visual sociology and digital anthropology relevant to the study of contemporary South Asian constructions of personal and national identities. Owing to its wide-ranging theoretical methodology, from concepts of visual perception to media semiotics, Visual Histories of South Asia covers a rich thematic agenda with contributions ranging from ethnographic research to gender studies
942 _cENGLISH
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_d558129