How to Dress a National Elite: The Case of the Kalakshetra Sari

This article looks at the emergence of the Kalakshetra sari as an object of consumption for the Indian nationalist elite in the 1930s within the context of the Theosophical Movement, preoc-cupations with the role of women in public life, and the material culture practices of colonial South India. Th...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Kaamya Sharma
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Arnold Bergstraesser Institute 2018-11-01
Series:International Quarterly for Asian Studies
Online Access:https://hasp.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/journals/iqas/article/view/4072