Gods in the Time of Democracy

Kajri Jain examines how the monumental statues erected in India following its economic reforms in the 1990s became a favored religious and political form with which to assert cultural, political, religious, and caste power.

About the author

Kajri Jain is Associate Professor of Art History and Visual Studies at the University of Toronto and author of Gods in the Bazaar: The Economies of Indian Calendar Art, also published by Duke University Press.

Summary

Kajri Jain examines how the monumental statues erected in India following its economic reforms in the 1990s became a favored religious and political form with which to assert cultural, political, religious, and caste power.

Product details

• Authors: Kajri Jain
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Content: Book
• Product form: Paperback / Softback
• Publication date: 31.01.2021
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Art > Plastic arts
• EAN: 9781478011392
• ISBN: 978-1-4780-1139-2
• Pages: 360