Mechanical reproduction and the world of the colonial artist

The article analyses the revolutionary impact of the processes of mechanical reproduction on artistic production and formation of modern identity in colonial India. Mechanical reproduction, with endless repeatability as its chief characteristic, turned India into an ‘iconic society’. It affected the...

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Published in:	Contributions to Indian Sociology Vol. 36; no. 1-2; pp. 1 - 32
Main Author:	Mitter, Partha
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	New Delhi, India SAGE Publications 01-01-2002
Subjects:	Art Works Artists Calcutta, India Colonization Digital technology Identity formation Ideology India Modernization Nationalism Printing Sociology Visual anthropology Visual Arts
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