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ISBN10: 0691005206, ISBN13: 9780691005201, [publisher: Princeton University Press] Softcover Draws on reader-response literary theory and anthropological approaches to the study of objects in society in order to trace the biographies of Indian religious images. This book shows that Hindu priests and worshipers are not the only ones to enliven images. Num Pages: 352 pages, 50 halftones. BIC Classification: 1FKA; AGR; HRG; HRLB; HRLF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 542. . 1999. Paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.
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