Pravina Shukla: 3 books

Book cover of Sacred Art

Sacred Art

Catholic Saints and Candomble Gods in Modern Brazil

by HENRY GLASSIE, PRAVINA SHUKLA
Language: English
Release Date: November 20, 2017

Sacred art flourishes today in northeastern Brazil, where European and African religious traditions have intersected for centuries. Professional artists create images of both the Catholic saints and the African gods of Candomblé to meet the needs of a vast market of believers and art collectors. Over...
Book cover of The Grace of Four Moons

The Grace of Four Moons

Dress, Adornment, and the Art of the Body in Modern India

by Pravina Shukla
Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2015

Because clothing, food, and shelter are basic human needs, they provide excellent entries to cultural values and individual aesthetics. Everyone gets dressed every day, but body art has not received the attention it deserves as the most common and universal of material expressions of culture. The...
Book cover of Costume

Costume

Performing Identities through Dress

by Pravina Shukla
Language: English
Release Date: April 6, 2015

What does it mean to people around the world to put on costumes to celebrate their heritage, reenact historic events, assume a role on stage, or participate in Halloween or Carnival? Self-consciously set apart from everyday dress, costume marks the divide between ordinary and extraordinary settings...
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