Genealogy, Archive, Image: Interpreting Dynastic History in Western India, c. 1090-2016
Jayasinhji Jhala
Jul 2018 · Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
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‘Genealogy, Archive, Image’ addresses the ways in which history and tradition are ‘reinvented’ through text, memory and painting. It examines the making of dynastic history in the kingdom of Jhalavad, situated in Gujarat, western India, over the longue durée, from the eleventh to twentieth centuries. The essays critique a collection of contemporary miniature paintings, which chart the dynastic history of Jhalavad’s rulers and the textual and ethnographic archive upon which they are based. A multidisciplinary work, it crosses the boundaries of history, anthropology, folklore and mythology, gender, musicology, literary studies, and visual, film and digital media. The essays draw upon a variety of voices, spanning various religious and ethnic communities, including Hindus, Muslims, Jains, Parsees and Siddhi Africans, and caste identities, such as that of the bard, ballad singer, king, priest, court chronicler, soldier, mason and drummer.
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Mahipalsinh Rana
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February 22, 2020
Awesome Book to know about Jhalawad and their tales. thanks a lot for writing this and stopped our history from disappearing. Lot of today generation know nothing about history of Jhalawad. it was great proud to know about it. There is lot of learn form history of Jhalawad.
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Jayasinhji Jhala, Temple University, Philadelphia, USA
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