From Oral Tradition to "Folk Art": Reevaluating Bengali Scroll Paintings
This article contributes to the scholarship on the politics of production and consumption of the arts in modern India as well as to relating issues of aesthetics and development. It describes the tradition of scroll painters-Patuas (paṭuẏā)-and the practice of storytelling in contemporary West Benga...
| Published in: | Asian folklore studies |
|---|---|
| Main Author: | |
| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Fernleihe: | Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste |
| Published: |
Asian Folklore Institute
[2002]
|
| In: |
Asian folklore studies
Year: 2002, Volume: 61, Issue: 1, Pages: 105-122 |
| Further subjects: | B
ART exhibitions
B Arts patronage B Storytelling B Oral Tradition B Scrolls B Folklore B Indian art B Hindus B Folk art |
| Online Access: |
Volltext (Verlag) Volltext (doi) Volltext (kostenfrei) |