Monuments, objects, histories: institutions of art in colonial and postcolonial India/
Tapati Guha-Thakurta
- New York : Columbia University Press, 2004.
- xxv,404p. : ill. ; 27cm.
List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction Part I. The Colonial Past 1. The Empire and its Antiquities: Two Pioneers and Their Scholarly Fields 2.The Museum in the Colony: Conserving, Collecting, Classifying Part II. Regional Frames 3. Interlocuting Texts and Monuments: The Coming of Sge of the 'Native' Scholar 4. Between the Nation and the Region: The Locations of a Bengali Archaeologist 5. Wresting the Nation's Prerogative: Art History and Nationalism in Bengal Part III. National Claims 6. The Demands of Independence: From a National Exhibition to a National Museum 7. 'For the Greater Glory of Indian Art': Travels and Travails of a Yakshi Part IV. The Embattled Present 8. Art History and the Nude: On art, Obscenity, and Sexuality in Contemporary India 9. Archaeology and the Monument: On Two Contentious Sites of Faith and History Notes Bibliography Index
023112998X
Nationalism and art -- India -- History -- 19th century. Art -- Historiography. Nationalism and art -- India -- History -- 20th century.