Bibliograph

The grace of four moons, dress, adornment, and the art of the body in modern India, Pravina Shukla ; photographs by Pravina Shukla and Henry Glassie

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The grace of four moons, dress, adornment, and the art of the body in modern India, Pravina Shukla ; photographs by Pravina Shukla and Henry Glassie

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (p. 471-490) and index

resource.governmentPublication

government publication of a state province territory dependency etc

Illustrations

platesmapsillustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The grace of four moons

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

bibliographydictionaries

Oclc number

913025478

Responsibility statement

Pravina Shukla ; photographs by Pravina Shukla and Henry Glassie

Series statement

ACLS Humanities E-BookMaterial culture

Sub title

dress, adornment, and the art of the body in modern India

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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