EAN: 9783110601282

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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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