Empires of light (Vision, visibility and power in colonial India)
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Product Details
Author:
Niharika Dinkar
Format:
Hardcover
Pages:
304
Publisher:
Manchester University Press (September 17, 2019)
Imprint:
Manchester University Press
Language:
English
Audience:
General/trade
ISBN-13:
9781526139634
ISBN-10:
1526139634
Weight:
22.4oz
Dimensions:
6.14" x 9.21" x 0.75"
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TWO RIVERS
List Price:
$59.95
Country of Origin:
United Kingdom
Pub Discount:
65
Series:
Rethinking Art's Histories
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$46.16
Publisher Identifier:
P-PER
Discount Code:
A
Case Pack:
18
Overview
Light was central to the visual politics and imaginative geographies of empire, even beyond its role as a symbol of knowledge and progress in post-Enlightenment narratives. This book describes how imperial mappings of geographical space in terms of ‘cities of light’ and ‘hearts of darkness’ coincided with the industrialisation of light (in homes, streets, theatres) and its instrumentalisation through new representative forms (photography, film, magic lanterns, theatrical lighting). Cataloguing the imperial vision in its engagement with colonial India, the book evaluates responses by the celebrated Indian painter Ravi Varma (1848–1906) to reveal the centrality of light in technologies of vision, not merely as an ideological effect but as a material presence that produces spaces and inscribes bodies.
