Vidya Dehejia, The body adorned: dissolving boundaries between sacred and profane in India's art (NY, Columbia University Press), 2009;
and the catalogue
Naman Ahuja, The body in Indian art and thought (Brussels: Europalia international; Antwerp: Ludion), 2013.
Hope this helps,
Corinna Wessels-Mevissen
Am Dienstag, 4. Februar 2025 um 20:42:00 MEZ hat Tracy Coleman via INDOLOGY <indology@list.indology.info> Folgendes geschrieben:
How about John Powers, A Bull of a Man (Harvard).
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.
--Tracy Coleman
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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?