Making Faces: Self and Image Creation in a Himalayan Valley 9780824837242

Taberam Soni, Labh Singh, Amar Singh, and other artists live and work in the hill-villages of the lower Himalayas in Him

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English Pages 160 Year 2012

Table of contents :
Contents
Acknowledgments
1. Introduction
2. The Object
3. The Process
4. Speaking of Aesthetics
5. The Artisan
Epilogue
Notes
Glossary
Bibliography
Index
About the Author

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