Desecration and the politics of 'image pollution
Ambedkar statues and the 'sculptural encounter' in India
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5675593 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Pramod K Nayar (0000-0003-2317-6570, University of Hyderabad, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 11 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 116-124 |
| Publication date | 2020-01-02 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Celebrity Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1939-2397 • E-ISSN: 1939-2400 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/19392397.2020.1704389 |
| OpenAlex | W3008115405 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 13 |
This essay examines the culture of statue-desecration in contemporary India. The focus is the desecration of Ambedkar statues. The first section argues that the installation of Ambedkar statues is a process of sacralising, reconfiguring public histories and modernities, while instituting a new iconicity. In section two, the essay moves on to examining the ‘profane aesthetics’ of desecration. This includes studying the emergence of a ‘counter-spectacle’ in the political culture jamming of desecration, the creation of a culture of image pollution and the making of an affrontier
Art · Art history · Political science · Politics · Visual arts · Anthropological Studies and Insights · Cinema and Media Studies · Law · South Asian Cinema and Culture · Pollution
| Unique citing works | 3 |
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| Citations per year | 0,75 |
| Citation span | 2022 - 2026 (5) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |