Shukla, Pravina.

The grace of four moons dress, adornment, and the art of the body in modern India / [electronic resource] : Pravina Shukla ; photographs by Pravina Shukla and Henry Glassie. - Bloomington : Indiana University Press, c2008. - xi, 498 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), maps ; 25 cm. - Material culture . - Material culture. ACLS Humanities E-Book. .

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 471-490) and index.

Body art in Banaras -- Getting ready -- Gaze, sacred and secular -- Shopping for clothes -- Weaving saris -- Making jewelry -- Kanhaiya Lal -- Shopping along the Vishvanath Gali -- Assembling bangle sets -- Nina Khanchandani -- Neelam Chaturvedi -- Mukta Tripathi -- After the wedding -- Before the wedding -- The wedding -- The study of body art.

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Clothing and dress Saris Wedding costume Dress accessories