Boat Builders of the Coromandel: A Craft and its Makers, 9789390037070

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Boat Builders of the Coromandel: A Craft and its Makers

R. Sathyanarayanan (Author) Marzenna Czerniak-Drożdżowicz (Author) Balasubramanian Dhandapani (Author) Denis Vidal (Author) Gopinath Sricandane (Author)

Synopsis

This book tells the story of a group of craftsmen who build large wooden cargo boats with their bare hands and simple tools. Stunning on-site photographs bring alive the doing of an unusual craft that requires physical strength as well as dexterity, learnt skills as well as improvisation. A compact narrative, interspersed with the builders' views on their work, guides the reader through a startling history of making.

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About the author

Denis Vidal

Denis Vidal, Ph.D. in Social Anthropology, is currently working and teaching about the visual anthropology of south Asia. He is the author of Violence and Truth; a Rajasthani Kingdom Confronts Colonial Authority, Delhi; Oxford University Press, 1997 and he has co-edited two other volumes in India: in collaboration with Philippe Cadene: Webs of trade; Dynamics of Business Communities in Western India, Delhi: Manohar, 1997; in collaboration with E. Tarlo and V. Dupont: Delhi; Urban Space and Human Destinies, Delhi; Manohar, 2000. He is a research fellow at the Institute for Research in Development (IRD) and a member of the Centre for Indian and South Asian Studies.

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