Hand-crafted identities: Sartorial taste and belonging amongst elite women in urban India
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DOI: 10.1177/1359183519846155
Abstract: Craft in contemporary India is a loaded signifier of the handmade, the vernacular, the traditional, and the authentic. Handloom saris, as part of a pan-Indianized repertoire, index the virtues of traditional femininity, local patronage and… read more here.
Keywords: taste; crafted identities; sartorial taste; identities sartorial ... See more keywords