ISBN:
9781851960743
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (245 p)
Series Statement:
Empires in Perspective
Series Statement:
Empires in Perspective Ser.
Parallel Title:
Print version Royal Patronage, Power and Aesthetics in Princely India
DDC:
305.489621095409034
Keywords:
Royal houses ; India ; History ; 20th century
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Royal houses ; India ; History ; 19th century
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Princesses ; India ; Social life and customs ; 20th century
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Princesses ; India ; Social life and customs ; 19th century
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India ; Court and courtiers ; History ; 20th century
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India ; Court and courtiers ; History ; 19th century
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Electronic books
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Electronic books
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Electronic books
Abstract:
Investigating the aesthetics of the zenana - the female quarters of the Indic home or palace - this study discusses the history of architecture, fashion, jewellery and cuisine in princely Indian states during the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries
Description / Table of Contents:
Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1. The Dholpur Jewellery Dispute; 2. Trans-Regional Chefs, Kitchens and Cookbooks; 3. The Tawai'f and the Maharani; 4. The Pardah Princess; Epilogue; Notes; Works Cited; Index
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