Representing Idols, Idolizing Representations: Interpreting Hindu Images from the Nineteenth Century to the Early Twentieth Century
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- KLM000118
- Author or attribution
- Tanisha Ramachandran
- Record type
- Dissertation
- Language
- English
- Date / edition
- 2008
- Source / repository
- Concordia University
- Access
- Open access
- Subjects
- Recent Research Sources — 8 November 2026; Academic Research; Shaktism; Literary and Visual Representations
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A Concordia dissertation on changing interpretations of Hindu images. Chapter 5, “Sacrifice, Sedition and Serials,” pp. 124–149, focuses on Kali as a political symbol in colonial writing, nationalist literature, prints and journalism. Chapter 6, pp. 150–161, considers commercial appropriation. The dissertation is broader than Kali alone.
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Representing Idols, Idolizing Representations: Interpreting Hindu Images from the Nineteenth Century to the Early Twentieth Century
Tanisha Ramachandran. PhD dissertation, Concordia University, August 2008. 197 PDF pages. ISBN 978-0-494-45676-7.
KLM000118 | Doctoral dissertation | English
A Concordia dissertation on changing interpretations of Hindu images. Chapter 5, “Sacrifice, Sedition and Serials,” pp. 124–149, focuses on Kali as a political symbol in colonial writing, nationalist literature, prints and journalism. Chapter 6, pp. 150–161, considers commercial appropriation. The dissertation is broader than Kali alone.
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Tanisha Ramachandran. Representing Idols, Idolizing Representations: Interpreting Hindu Images from the Nineteenth Century to the Early Twentieth Century. PhD dissertation, Concordia University, August 2008. 197 PDF pages. ISBN 978-0-494-45676-7. https://spectrum.library.concordia.ca/id/eprint/975224/1/NR45676.pdf
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