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Record Nr.

UNISA996309071103316

Autore

Jhala Jayasinhji

Titolo

Genealogy, Archive, Image : Interpreting Dynastic History in Western India, c. 1090-2016 / / Jayasinhji Jhala

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Warsaw ; ; Berlin : , : Sciendo, , [2018]

©2018

ISBN

3-11-060129-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource

Soggetti

Dynastic history, elites, etnohistory, Gujarat, Halvad-Dhrangadhra, Indian kingdoms, Jhala court, Jhala dynasty, Jhalavad, Kshatriya, Kuva-no-ker, miniature paintings, Rajput, Rani Jijima, western India

HISTORY / Asia / India & South Asia

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- List of Contributors -- Map -- 1 Introduction: Genealogy, Archive, Image / Jhala, Angma D. -- 2 The Making of the Genealogy of the Jhallesvars / McLeod, John -- 3 Landscape, Poetry and the Hero / McGrath, Kevin -- 4 Jhallesvaras in War and Peace / McClenaghan, Tony -- 5 Rani Jijima, Soldier, Statesman, Financier: A Rajput Queen in Mid-Eighteenth Century Western India / Jhala, Angma D. -- 6 Patronage Networks and Musical Traditions in Jhalavad / Oppenheim, Michael -- 7 Village Archives: Reinventing Fifteenth Century Memories in Twenty-first Century Jhalavad / Jhala, Jayasinji -- List of Figures -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

'Genealogy, Archive, Image' addresses the ways in which history and tradition are 'reinvented' through text, memory and painting. It examines the making of dynastic history in the kingdom of Jhalavad, situated in Gujarat, western India, over the longue durée, from the eleventh to twentieth centuries. The essays critique a collection of contemporary miniature paintings, which chart the dynastic history of Jhalavad's rulers and the textual and ethnographic archive upon which they are based. A multidisciplinary work, it crosses the boundaries of history, anthropology, folklore and mythology, gender, musicology, literary studies, and visual, film and digital media. The essays draw



upon a variety of voices, spanning various religious and ethnic communities, including Hindus, Muslims, Jains, Parsees and Siddhi Africans, and caste identities, such as that of the bard, ballad singer, king, priest, court chronicler, soldier, mason and drummer.