Christopher Pinney is Senior Lecturer in Material Culture at University College London, UK. He is the author of Camera Indica: The Social Life of Indian Photographs (Reaktion Books, 1997), and co-editor with Rachel Dwyer of Pleasure and the Nation: The History, Politics and Consumption of Public Culture in India (2001).
"Pinney's book is a fascinating read, with a narrative that is
intersperesed with its own 'xeno-real' moments... Photos of the
Gods is a book that must not be ignored."--Vibhuti Sachdev "Art
History" (4/1/2005 12:00:00 AM)
"An exceptional monograph. . . .Pinney radically alters existing
understandings of popular culture and neo-traditional art in South
Asia that often suppress their political efficacy. Combining
sustained anthropological research, witnessed in the wide range of
imagery and interviews cited, and insightful historical reflection
. . . Pinney will inspire a generation of visual historians. . . .
The text deals with these complex ideas with remarkable coherence
and clarity. Photos of the Gods will be come to be recognized as
one of the seminal text defining subaltern visuality. Inventive and
challenging, in terms of methodology and ambition, it deserves to
be read by all students and political transformation in South Asia
and beyond."--Daniel J. Rycroft "Journal of the Royal
Anthropological Institute" (12/1/2005 12:00:00 AM)
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