Malvika Maheshwari
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 287374 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Malvika Maheshwari |
| PRENOMES | Malvika |
| SOBRENOME | Maheshwari |
| ASSINATURA | MAHESHWARI M |
| AFILIAÇÕES | Ashoka University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-0537-0142 |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 8 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 3 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 8 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2010 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2025 |
| ÍNDICE H | 1 |
An Impressive Memorial
Motherland
Editors Monica Juneja and Sumathi Ramaswamy—an art historian and historian—are struck by Judith Butler's observation of Latin American immigrants' nationalist predicaments, wherein their singing of the national anthem of the United States of America in Spanish reinforced a “counter nationalist mode of belonging” (Juneja & Ramaswamy, 2022, 10). Looking at artist Pushpamala N's performance photography as they do, as she “re-enact[s] the personifica…
In the interim
The article focuses on the Indian state’s relationship with art, and art institutions to gain insights into approaches to nation/state formation and administration. It asks two questions: How was art administered in India between 1947 and 1953, the period after India’s independence but before formal institutions for it came up? And what were the implications of decisions taken during this period on subsequent institutional choices? I argue that m…
The Double Life of Dissent
The article focuses on two moments in India’s political history, in which out-rightly expressed dissent underlines analytical shifts in the nature and course of the country’s democracy. It asks two questions: First, what does a self-proclaimed, democratic state do with peaceful dissenting artists? The second question follows from this. If indeed the state stigmatizes and suppresses that dissent, what does the artist do? By foregrounding the relat…
Art, law and the violence of offence taking
Since the end of the 1980s in India, groups associated with various political parties, religions, regions and castes have come to regularly attack artists and damage artworks. Straining relations between religious communities concomitant with the decline of secularism – as a practice if not as a norm – in Indian politics provides the context for such competitive and violent proclamations of ‘hurt sentiments.’ However, this paper focuses on the co…
Collective Conservatism and the Constituent Assembly Debates
This article outlines the conceptual foundation of India’s free speech regime by focusing on the debates of the Constituent Assembly (1946–1949), and traces the development of the Article 19 of the constitution, which guarantees all citizens the right to free speech and expression, albeit certain ‘reasonable restrictions’. While offering a synoptic account of the conservative side of its development—as framers negotiated the discrepancies between…
Comment représenter la nation indienne
Cet article s'intéresse à la manière dont l'art calendaire participe à la reproduction du sentiment national en Inde à travers la perspective des gens « ordinaires ». S'appuyant sur l'évolution de l'art calendaire depuis l'indépendance, celui-ci est disséqué comme l'un des éléments du nationalisme ordinaire indien, qui n'est peut-être pas en mesure de réellement « créer » une nation, mais qui détient cependant la capacité de résister activement o…
Heroes in the Bedroom? Iconoclash and the Search for Exemplarity in India
This article addresses the issue of violent, controversial attacks on artists and works of art in India, which have been increasing with the rise of religious nationalism since the 1990s. It argues that understanding the attacks solely on the basis of religious and political ideologies, though demonstrable, may not be adequate, for it overlooks the most important agent of action: the individuals who lead the attacks and indulge in violence. I arg…
Collective Conservatism and the Constituent Assembly Debates
This article outlines the conceptual foundation of India’s free speech regime by focusing on the debates of the Constituent Assembly (1946–1949), and traces the development of the Article 19 of the constitution, which guarantees all citizens the right to free speech and expression, albeit certain ‘reasonable restrictions’. While offering a synoptic account of the conservative side of its development—as framers negotiated the discrepancies between…
The Double Life of Dissent
The article focuses on two moments in India’s political history, in which out-rightly expressed dissent underlines analytical shifts in the nature and course of the country’s democracy. It asks two questions: First, what does a self-proclaimed, democratic state do with peaceful dissenting artists? The second question follows from this. If indeed the state stigmatizes and suppresses that dissent, what does the artist do? By foregrounding the relat…
Comment représenter la nation indienne
Cet article s'intéresse à la manière dont l'art calendaire participe à la reproduction du sentiment national en Inde à travers la perspective des gens « ordinaires ». S'appuyant sur l'évolution de l'art calendaire depuis l'indépendance, celui-ci est disséqué comme l'un des éléments du nationalisme ordinaire indien, qui n'est peut-être pas en mesure de réellement « créer » une nation, mais qui détient cependant la capacité de résister activement o…
Heroes in the Bedroom? Iconoclash and the Search for Exemplarity in India
This article addresses the issue of violent, controversial attacks on artists and works of art in India, which have been increasing with the rise of religious nationalism since the 1990s. It argues that understanding the attacks solely on the basis of religious and political ideologies, though demonstrable, may not be adequate, for it overlooks the most important agent of action: the individuals who lead the attacks and indulge in violence. I arg…
Collective Conservatism and the Constituent Assembly Debates
This article outlines the conceptual foundation of India’s free speech regime by focusing on the debates of the Constituent Assembly (1946–1949), and traces the development of the Article 19 of the constitution, which guarantees all citizens the right to free speech and expression, albeit certain ‘reasonable restrictions’. While offering a synoptic account of the conservative side of its development—as framers negotiated the discrepancies between…
Art, law and the violence of offence taking
Since the end of the 1980s in India, groups associated with various political parties, religions, regions and castes have come to regularly attack artists and damage artworks. Straining relations between religious communities concomitant with the decline of secularism – as a practice if not as a norm – in Indian politics provides the context for such competitive and violent proclamations of ‘hurt sentiments.’ However, this paper focuses on the co…
The Double Life of Dissent
The article focuses on two moments in India’s political history, in which out-rightly expressed dissent underlines analytical shifts in the nature and course of the country’s democracy. It asks two questions: First, what does a self-proclaimed, democratic state do with peaceful dissenting artists? The second question follows from this. If indeed the state stigmatizes and suppresses that dissent, what does the artist do? By foregrounding the relat…
In the interim
The article focuses on the Indian state’s relationship with art, and art institutions to gain insights into approaches to nation/state formation and administration. It asks two questions: How was art administered in India between 1947 and 1953, the period after India’s independence but before formal institutions for it came up? And what were the implications of decisions taken during this period on subsequent institutional choices? I argue that m…
Motherland
Editors Monica Juneja and Sumathi Ramaswamy—an art historian and historian—are struck by Judith Butler's observation of Latin American immigrants' nationalist predicaments, wherein their singing of the national anthem of the United States of America in Spanish reinforced a “counter nationalist mode of belonging” (Juneja & Ramaswamy, 2022, 10). Looking at artist Pushpamala N's performance photography as they do, as she “re-enact[s] the personifica…
An Impressive Memorial
Political science (8 obras) · Sociology (8 obras) · Law (6 obras) · Law (5 obras) · Politics (5 obras) · South Asian Studies and Conflicts (4 obras) · Art (3 obras) · History (3 obras) · Political economy (3 obras) · Anthropological Studies and Insights (2 obras)