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Visual Cultures in India: Contesting the Site of Sights delves into our visual experiences through diverse media, while unpacking how we encounter and interpret the visual, moving beyond simple “seeing” to deeper levels of meaning. This book explores our experience of visual media that reveals the complex interplay between sight, meaning, and contestation. The authors delve into the very “sites” where visuals are born, displayed, and interpreted. This nuanced approach sheds light on how visual media shapes our understanding of the world and ourselves. From the captivating world of film and photography to the enduring artistry of sculpture and dance, and even the visual tapestry of everyday life, this book weaves a compelling narrative of the complex relationship between media and visual culture in India. It is a timely and significant contribution in an age saturated with imagery. This book equips scholars, researchers, students, and media professionals with a framework to navigate the power of sight and gain a deeper understanding of visual cultures in India.

Table of Contents:
Introduction Arzuman Ara Part I: Textuality and Materiality of Visual Cultures Chapter 1. On Visual Cultures in India: A Keynote Kailash C. Baral Chapter 2. Scopic Borders: Of Frames, Horizons, Parerga and Paralipomena Subir Dhar Chapter 3. The Theatrical Tradition of Jatrapala as a Form of Visual Communication Silpi Maitra Chapter 4. Framing the Hyper-Local: Digital Visual Culture and Virtual Spaces Hrishikesh Ingle Part II: Representation and Visual Culture Chapter 5. Visuals, Props, and Cultural Identity: A Reading of Select Assamese Films Dwijen Sharma Chapter 6. Representation of Muslim Women in Hindi Commercial Cinema: An Analysis of their Construct and Rendering in Visual Culture Sonam Sultana Shah Chapter 7. Representation of Women in the Film Posters of Bollywood Arzuman Ara Chapter 8. Gazing Identities: Visual Representation of the Nagas in the Hornbill Festival and Tourism Photography Theyiesinuo Keditsu Chapter 9. Towards a New Visual Myth: An Exploration of the Culturalscape of Assam in Advertisements Saba Anish Chapter 10. The Traditional Assamese Wedding: A Study on the Changing Aspects of Visual Culture Jayashree Kalita Part III: Visual Culture: Semiotics and Discourse Chapter 11. 'Present Shock' and the Visual Realms of Singular Immensities Jyotirmoy Prodhani Chapter 12. Framing Violence: Press Photography and the Discourse of Conflict in Northeast India Syed Murtaza Alfarid Hussain Chapter 13. On Possible Futures: Photograph as a Document of Migration Mohamed Shafeeq Karinkurayil Chapter 14. (Mis)information and Visual Culture: Memes and Social Media Affects Basil N. Darlong Diengdoh Chapter 15. Visualizing Culture: A Semiotic study of a Konyak Woman's Body Nonlih Chohwanglim

About the Author :
Arzuman Ara is associate professor of English Language Education in the English and Foreign Languages University, Shillong Campus.

Review :
Visual cultures in India are incredibly diverse and rich, reflecting the country's complex history, religious practices, regional traditions, and contemporary influences. In today's age of visual cultures represented in many and varied forms from traditional graphics to digital platforms, a book like Visual Cultures in India critically revisits the iconization and visualization of the cultural tropes making the volume a significant academic contribution. Its interdisciplinary approach makes it outstandingly accomplished to cater to the needs of researches in Visual Studies, Media Studies, Culture Studies, and India Studies. This volume presents innovative research on the new importances that visuality continues to acquire in India. Adopting 'lived cosmopolitanism' as an analytical lens, its contributions explore how images and seeing attain new significances in the context of the continually evolving relationship between India's rapidly expanding cities and its non-urban environments. Visual Cultures in India is therefore a much-needed addition to existing scholarship on the visual, and its manifold interpretations. This wide-ranging collection of essays beautifully captures ways of seeing as a terrain of contested meaning, thereby providing vital insights into contemporary cultural productions in India and their relation to the search for truth.


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781978785250
  • Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
  • Publisher Imprint: Lexington Books
  • Language: English
  • Sub Title: Contesting the Site of Sights
  • ISBN-10: 1978785259
  • Publisher Date: 16 Dec 2024
  • Binding: Digital (delivered electronically)
  • No of Pages: 244


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