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Author	Shukla, Pravina.
Title	The grace of four moons : dress, adornment, and the art of the body in modern India / Pravina Shukla ; photographs by Pravina Shukla and Henry Glassie.
Imprint	Bloomington : Indiana University Press, c2008.

LOCATION	CALL #	STATUS	MESSAGE
OTTERBEIN MAIN COLLECTION	GT1460 .S55 2008	AVAILABLE

Table of Contents
Pt. 1	Introduction
1	Body Art in Banaras	3
2	Getting Ready	19
3	Gaze, Sacred and Secular	26
Pt. 2	Production and Commerce
4	Shopping for Clothes	59
5	Weaving Saris	92
6	Making Jewelry	113
7	Kanhaiya Lal	136
8	Shopping along the Vishvanath Gali	167
9	Assembling Bangle Sets	184
Pt. 3	Personal Adornment
10	Nina Khanchandani	221
11	Neelam Chaturvedi	239
12	Mukta Tripathi	263
Pt. 4	Body Art in the Lifecycle
13	After the Wedding	305
14	Before the Wedding	327
15	The Wedding	344
Pt. 5	Conclusion
16	The Study of Body Art	383
	Glossary	431
	Notes	433
	Bibliography	471
	Index	491

Description	xi, 498 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), maps ; 25 cm.
Series	Material culture.
	Material culture (Indiana University, Bloomington)
Bibliography Note	Includes bibliographical references (p. 471-490) and index.
Contents	Body art in Banaras -- Getting ready -- Gaze, sacred and secular -- Shopping for clothes -- Weaving saris -- Making jewelry -- Kanhaiya Lal -- Shopping along the Vishvanath Gali -- Assembling bangle sets -- Nina Khanchandani -- Neelam Chaturvedi -- Mukta Tripathi -- After the wedding -- Before the wedding -- The wedding -- The study of body art.
Subject	Clothing and dress -- India.
	Saris -- India.
	Wedding costume -- India.
	Dress accessories -- India.
ISBN	9780253349118 (cloth)
	0253349117 (cloth)
OCLC #	148984537