Adivasi art and activism, curation in a nationalist age
- Global South Asia
- Seattle: University of Washington Press, 2022.
- ix, 244p.; pbk; 23cm
Includes notes, bibliography and index
In Adivasi Art and Activism, Alice Tilche draws on anthropological fieldwork conducted in rural western India to chart changes in adivasi aesthetics, home life, attire, food, and ideas of religiosity that have emerged from negotiation with the homogenizing forces of Hinduization, development, and globalization in the twenty-first century. She documents curatorial projects located not only in museums and art institutions, but in the realms of the home, the body, and the landscape. Adivasi Art and Activism raises vital questions about preservation and curation of indigenous material and provides an astute critique of the aesthetics and politics of Hindu nationalism.
Social problems in art India--Gujarat Politics and government Indigenous peoples--Material culture Ethnological museums and collections Economic history