Locating pleasure in Indian history : prescribed and proscribed desires in visual and literary cultures /: prescribed and proscribed desires in visual and literary cultures. (2021)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Seema Bawa.
• Editors: Bawa, Seema
• Contents: List of Tables List of Figures Acknowledgements: Looking for Hur in History Introduction: Pleasures-Proscribed and Prescribed 1. Seeking Pleasure: Representations of Pleasure and Domesticity in Textual Traditions - Jaya S. Tyagi2. Idyllic, Intimate, Beautiful Pleasures in Visual Culture at Mathura - Seema Bawa3. Satire and Desire in Caturbhani - Ashish Abrol and Janica Paul4. Courting Pleasure in Ravana's Lanka : The Aesthetics of Power and Desire in Early Medieval Deccan - Parul Pandya Dhar5. Pleasant and Unpleasant Moments: The Life and Time of a Jain Merchant in Early Modern North India - Shalin Jain6. 'Aashiq ko tow Allah na Dikhlaai Bhudhapa': Nazir Akbarabadi and the Celebrations of the Little Pleasures of Life in Urdu Poetry - Raziuddin Aquil7. Painting Pleasure: The Genealogy and Dichotomies of Gender-based Identities - Preeti Sharma8. Celebrating Adversities in the 17th and early 18th Century North India: The Case of Mir Ja'far Zatalli - Saifuddin Ahmad9. Pleasures of Fashion and Sorrows of Production: The Handloom Industry in United Provinces, India, 1860s–1940s - Santosh Kumar Rai10. Devotion and Pleasure: Vantages of Rebellion - Kota NeelimaAbout the Editor and Contributors Index.
• Publisher Details: New Delhi : Bloomsbury India
• Publication Date: 2021
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations (black and white)
• Subjects: 128.37; Pleasure -- Philosophy; Pleasure in literature; Pleasure in art; India -- Civilization; India -- Social life and customs
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9789390513888
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