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Devotional Visualities : Seeing Bhakti in Indic Material Cultures
Devotional Visualities : Seeing Bhakti in Indic Material Cultures
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ISBN No.: 9781350214224
Pages: 336
Year: 202507
Format: Trade Paper
Price: $ 55.93
Dispatch delay: Dispatched between 7 to 15 days
Status: Available

"The content of the essays is quite sophisticated and offers nicely nuanced explorations of the visual component of bhakti. Scholars of Hinduism and the visual arts will appreciate this volume." -- Nova Religio "Delving into this underexplored dimension of Hindu devotion, this volume makes an invaluable and engaging contribution to our understanding of bhakti. Collectively the essays invite readers to gaze into its immensely rich visual practices and varied imaginings of its most beloved saints, portrayed and embodied to facilitate devotion but equally to foster or to radically challenge spiritual and social complacency." -- Nancy M. Martin, Professor and Chair of Religious Studies at Chapman University, USA " Devotional Visualities offers compelling perspectives on visual cultures, devotional imagery, and mediated networks. Exploring an array of Indic contexts, this wide-ranging collection of essays highlights ways in which religious participation can be reimagined through a focus on visuality and mediation. It is a vital and highly original contribution which raises critical questions about the material cultures and lived experiences of devotion.


It will spark interest across disciplines." -- Radha Sarma Hegde Department of Media, Culture and Communication, New York University, USA "[A] powerful contribution that augments an already exciting field of study . Karen Pechilis and Amy-Ruth Holt have invited readers into a fascinating world of devotional visualities and they are all the better for it." -- Journal of Contemporary Religion.


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