Photos of the Gods: The Printed Image and

""Photos of the Gods,"" the first comprehensive account of modern India's popular print culture, reveals the central role of images in the struggle against colonial rule. ""Photos of the Gods"" fuses anthropological, political, and cultural history to provide a new view of India's troubled history illuminated by over two hundred illustrations.

Christopher Pinney is Reader in Anthropology and Visual Culture at University College London.

Introduction: The Possibility of a Visual History
Indian Images Under the Shadow of Colonialism
Staging Hinduism: Lithographs and Popular Theatre in Calcutta, 1870-1885
Peshwas, Parrots and Bombs: Lithographs and Politics in Western India, 1870-1885
Lithographs and the Camera in Bombay and Delhi, 1890-1925
Pastoral Realism: The Nathdvara Devotional Aesthetic, 1925-1935
The Politics of Popular Images: From Cow Protection to M. K. Gandhi, 1890-1950
Half-Seen in Advance: Picture Production in Independent India, 1950-2000
What Pictures Want Now: Rural Consumers of Images, 1980-2000
Epilogue: The Recursive Archive
References
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Acknowledgements
A Note on Transliteration
List of Illustrations
Index
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Photos of the Gods: The Printed Image and Political Struggle in India

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