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Informationen zum Autor Natasha Eaton Klappentext Natasha Eaton theorizes the relationship between art and empire through analysis of the interconnected visual cultures of British and Mughal empires in eighteenth- and nineteenth-century India. "Exploding expectations about 'exchange' and 'co-histories' Natasha Eaton offers a radical and brilliant analysis that perfectly describes the "struggle" over mimesis in colonial India. 'Alter-aware' imagery and practices are animated in complex dances of intimacy and hostility. A hugely important work."--Christopher Pinney, author of" Photography's Other Histories" Zusammenfassung Natasha Eaton theorizes the relationship between art and empire through analysis of the interconnected visual cultures of British and Mughal empires in eighteenth- and nineteenth-century India. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Illustrations ix Acknowledgments xiii Introduction 1 1. Colonizing the Exotic: Indian and Colonial Art in London 19 2. The Mirroring of Mirrors: Nostalgia, Sovereignty, and Unhomely Images in Calcutta 63 3. Mimicking Kingship: Sovereign Genealogies, Vernacular Landscape, and the Work of William Hodges 105 4. Art and Gift in India: Mimesis and Inalienability 151 5. Sacrifice and the Double: Physiognomy, Divination, and Ethnographic Art in India 195 Conclusion 229 Notes 247 Works Cited 297 Index 323
