Title Adivasi art and activism : curation in a nationalist age / Alice Tilche

Published Seattle : University of Washington Press, [2022]

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Description 1 online resource (ix, 244 pages) : illustrations Series Global South Asia Global South Asia. Contents Introduction -- Tribal Art, Museums, and the Indian Nation -- Social Reform in Gujarat -- A Museum from the Tribal Point of View -- Broken Gods -- The Making of Tribal Art -- Curating the Home, the Body, and the Landscape -- Performing Adivasiness -- Conclusion Summary "As India consolidates an aggressive model of economic development, indigenous tribal people known as adivasis continue to be overrepresented among the country's poor. Adivasis make up more than eight hundred communities in India, with a total population of more than 100 million people who speak more than three hundred different languages. Although their historical presence is acknowledged by the state and they are lauded as a part of India's ethnic identity today, their poverty has been compounded by the suppression of their cultural heritage and lifestyle. 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"-- Provided by publisher Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on March 14, 2022) Subject Ethnological museums and collections -- India -- Gujarat Indigenous art -- Conservation and restoration -- India -- Gujarat Indigenous peoples -- Material culture -- India -- Gujarat -- Exhibitions Indigenous peoples -- India -- Gujarat -- Ethnic identity Social problems in art -- Exhibitions Intercultural communication. Interdisciplinary approach to knowledge. SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural Economic history Ethnological museums and collections Indigenous peoples -- Ethnic identity Indigenous peoples -- Material culture Intercultural communication Interdisciplinary approach to knowledge Politics and government Social conditions Social problems in art SUBJECT India -- Economic conditions. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85064892 India -- Social conditions. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85064951 India -- Politics and government. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85064936 Subject India India -- Gujarat Genre/Form Exhibition catalogs Form Electronic book LC no. 2021021135 ISBN 9780295749723 0295749725

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