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Potters without a wheel : ethnography of the mritshilpis in Kolkata. Saswati Bhattacharya

Bhattacharya, Saswati 2022

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  • Titre:
    Potters without a wheel : ethnography of the mritshilpis in Kolkata. Saswati Bhattacharya
  • Titres liés: Potters without a wheel
  • Auteur: Bhattacharya, Saswati
  • Éditeur: London New York, NY : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2022
  • Sujets: Durgā -- divinité hindoue;
    Céramistes -- Conditions sociales -- Calcutta (Inde);
    Idoles et images -- Aspect social -- Calcutta (Inde);
    Industries céramiques -- Aspect religieux -- Calcutta (Inde);
    Vie religieuse -- Calcutta (Inde)
  • Notes: La ressource est également disponible en version numérique
    Notes bibliographiques en fin de contribution. Bibliographie pages 150-157. Index
  • Résumé: "This book is an ethnographic study of clay idol-makers of Kumartuli in Kolkata, India. Much of the visibility and identity of Kolkata's creative culture has been dependent upon the clay artists of Kumartuli for the last hundred years or so. This book explores the nature of the carefully constructed identity of these idol-makers as mritshilpis - or clay artists, who, as opposed to ordinary potters, work with their hands instead of a wheel. It looks at how the mritshilpis consciously embrace and expand their market based on this variation and elevated status as artists instead of artisans, and studies the embeddedness of this identity within the commodity markets. It also shows that commodity markets, in this case the market of clay-idols, are an outcome of trends of urbanization, popular demand, corporatization, and commodification of culture, all of which have shaped the contours of clay idol-making as not only an occupation but a brand identity. Drawing on extensive fieldwork and in-depth interviews, the book highlights the larger structural relationship between urbanization, indigenous occupational categories, and identity politics. It will be indispensable for scholars and researchers of sociology, social anthropology, political studies, cultural history, urban economy, art history, urbanization, cultural studies, and urban sociology."
  • Langue: Anglais
  • Date d'édition: 2022
  • Identifiant: 978-1-032-02361-8
  • Desc. matérielle: 1 volume (VIII-159 pages) : illustrations, cartes, fac-similés ; 25 cm
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