Intersections of Contemporary Art, Anthropology and Art History in South Asia Decoding Visual Worlds /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Perera, Sasanka (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Pathak, Dev Nath (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Subjects: Ethnology.; Culture.; Political sociology.; Ethnology-Asia.; Fine arts.; Social Anthropology.; Sociology of Culture.; Political Sociology.; Asian Culture.; Fine Arts.

Taking South Asia as its focus, this wide-ranging collection probes the general reluctance of the cultural anthropology to engage with contemporary visual art and artists, including painting, sculpture, performance art and installation. Through case studies engaged equally in anthropology and visual...