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Head and heart : valour and self-sacrifice in the art of India /
An extensive study of self-sacrificial images in Indian art, this book examines concepts such as head-offering, human sacrifice, blood, suicide, valour, self-immolation, and self-giving in the context of religion and politics to explore why these images were produced and how they became paradigms of...
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| Format: | Printed Book |
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New Delhi :
Routledge,
2013.
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| Summary: | An extensive study of self-sacrificial images in Indian art, this book examines concepts such as head-offering, human sacrifice, blood, suicide, valour, self-immolation, and self-giving in the context of religion and politics to explore why these images were produced and how they became paradigms of heroism. |
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| Physical Description: | lxvi, 353 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. (chiefly col.) ; |
| ISBN: | 9780415812467 (hardback) 0415812461 (hardback) |