[INDOLOGY] Readings on Body Image and Body Ideals in Early South Asia

[James Hegarty]

Dear Corinna and everyone who was kind enough to send me recommendations,

The Indology list does it again!

Thank you!

Best,

James

> On 4 Feb 2025, at 19:57, Corinna Wessels-Mevissen via INDOLOGY <indology at list.indology.info> wrote:
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> Particularly topical readings include:
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> Vidya Dehejia, The body adorned: dissolving boundaries between sacred and profane in India's art (NY, Columbia University Press), 2009;
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> and the catalogue
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> Naman Ahuja, The body in Indian art and thought (Brussels: Europalia international; Antwerp: Ludion), 2013.
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> Hope this helps,
> 
> Corinna Wessels-Mevissen
> 
> 
> Am Dienstag, 4. Februar 2025 um 20:42:00 MEZ hat Tracy Coleman via INDOLOGY <indology at list.indology.info> Folgendes geschrieben:
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> How about John Powers, A Bull of a Man (Harvard).
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> Focus is on men and male body, showing also how the masculine ideal is always constructed in opposition to women, the female body, and femininity.
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>  
> --Tracy Coleman
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>  
> From: INDOLOGY <indology-bounces at list.indology.info> on behalf of James Hegarty via INDOLOGY <indology at list.indology.info>
> Date: Tuesday, February 4, 2025 at 10:31 AM
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> Dear Colleagues,
> 
> A student has asked me for some readings in this area and I am at a loss; can anyone advise?
> 
> Best Wishes,
> 
> James Hegarty
> Cardiff University
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