Gandhi's Spinning Wheel and the Making of India

Spinning was seen as both an economic and political activity that could bring together the diverse population of South Asia. This book looks at the politics of spinning both as a visual symbol and as a symbolic practice. It traces the genealogy of spinning from its early colonial manifestations in Company painting to its reinterpretation, deployment and manipulation by the anti-colonial movement.

Author: Rebecca Brown
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 12/15/2010
Pages: 176
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.75lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.40w x 0.60d
ISBN: 9780415494311

About the Author

Rebecca M. Brown is visiting Associate Professor in Political Science and the History of Art at Johns Hopkins University, US, researching colonial and post-independence in South Asia. Her publications include Art for a Modern India, 1947-1980 (2009) and Asian Art (co-edited with Deborah S. Hutton, 2006).