The Camera as Witness: A Social History of Mizoram, Northeast India
Autor Joy L. K. Pachuau, Willem van Schendelen Limba Engleză Hardback – 12 apr 2015
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781107073395
ISBN-10: 1107073391
Pagini: 502
Ilustrații: illustrations
Dimensiuni: 162 x 237 x 41 mm
Greutate: 0.86 kg
Editura: Cambridge University Press
Colecția Cambridge University Press
Locul publicării:New York, United States
ISBN-10: 1107073391
Pagini: 502
Ilustrații: illustrations
Dimensiuni: 162 x 237 x 41 mm
Greutate: 0.86 kg
Editura: Cambridge University Press
Colecția Cambridge University Press
Locul publicării:New York, United States
Cuprins
List of figures; List of maps; Glossary; Acknowledgements; Part I. Becoming Mizo: 1. Introduction; 2. Coming into view: the first images; 3. Adjusting Mizo culture; 4. Domesticating a new religion; 5. Getting educated; 6. Controlling the hills; 7. The trouble of travel; 8. First stirrings of the market economy; 9. Mizos in the World Wars; 10. Mizo visual sensibilities; Part II. Mizoram in the New India: 11. The long goodbye; 12. The emergence of popular politics; 13. Mizoram and the new Indian order; 14. Mizoram comes to Delhi; 15. The search for authenticity at home; 16. Mizo style: cowboys at heart; Part III. Visions of Independence: 17. Famine and revolt; 18. The Mizoram government at home – and in East Pakistan; 19. The Mizoram government – in Burma, China and Bangladesh; 20. A state and its minorities; Part IV. Mizo Modernities: 21. Being cool: the music scene; 22. Being cool: sharp dressers; 23. Studio modernity; 24. Conclusion; Acknowledgement of copyrights and sources; Bibliography; Index.
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Descriere
The book challenges the stereotypes about and narrates the daily lives of the Mizos through the use of vernacular photography.