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Record Nr.

UNINA9910792359203321

Autore

Tarr Michael Aram

Titolo

Through the eye of time [[electronic resource] ] : photographs of Arunachal Pradesh, 1859-2006 : tribal cultures in the eastern Himalayas / / by Michael Aram Tarr and Stuart Blackburn

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leiden ; ; Boston, : Brill, 2008

ISBN

1-282-60318-3

9786612603181

90-474-3291-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (250 p.)

Collana

Brill's Tibetan studies library, , 1568-6183 ; ; v. 16/1

Altri autori (Persone)

BlackburnStuart H

Disciplina

954/.163035

Soggetti

Indigenous peoples - India - Andhra Pradesh

Tribes - India - Arunà„chal Pradesh

Arunà„chal Pradesh (India) Pictorial works

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 22-23).

Nota di contenuto

Preliminary Material / S.H. Blackburn and M.A. Tarr -- Introduction / S.H. Blackburn and M.A. Tarr -- Plates / S.H. Blackburn and M.A. Tarr -- Appendix: List Of Photographs / S.H. Blackburn and M.A. Tarr.

Sommario/riassunto

This is the first visual history of Arunachal Pradesh, a state in northeast India bordering on Tibet/China, Burma and Bhutan. Based on archival and field research, it illustrates a century and a half of cultural change in this culturally diverse and little-known region of the Himalayas. More than 200 photographs, half archival and half contemporary, reveal that tribal cultures in this remote mountainous region have been continually reacting to external forces and initiating internal innovations. The Introduction places the archival photographs in their wider context, emphasising the complexity of the colonial encounter and uncovering personal stories behind many of the images. The sequence of photographs, juxtaposing the historical and the contemporary, shows us the uneven and sometimes confusing mixture of past and present that is emerging in Arunachal Pradesh.