Rathwa Pithoro

Writing about Writing and Reading Painted Ethnography

Datos Bibliográficos

ID2162591
AutoresVishvajit Pandya (autor de correspondencia)
Año2004
Volumen17
Número2
Páginas117-161
Fecha de publicación2004-04-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaVisual Anthropology (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0894-9468 • E-ISSN: 1545-5920
EditorialInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/08949460490430307
OpenAlexW2062966991
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas8
Referencias citadas30

Based on fieldwork among the Rathwa tribal community of Gujarat, this article is an analysis of the ritual and installation of wall painting known as Pithoro. The analysis of the culture's own construct of what constitutes writing and reading is considered to bring out the magical power in interpreting that which is written and/or drawn. As the reading capacity is more significant, especially the one undertaken by the ritual specialist, the ethnographic account treats the paintings installed not only for the sake of ritual but to alter politicoeconomic situations of the Rathwa tribals in the course of history. This article presents the paintings as a total communication system, which is not just the work of art drawn but also written within the culture, as their own ethnography for the culture itself

Art · Construct (python library · Ethnography · Linguistics · Painting · Power (physics · Reading (process · Sociology · Visual arts · Anthropological Studies and Insights · Anthropology · Computer Science · Media, Communication, and Education · Philosophy · Theatre and Performance Studies