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Rathwa Pithoro: Writing about writing and reading painted ethnography

dc.contributor.affiliationDA-IICT, Gandhinagar
dc.contributor.authorPandya, Vishvajit
dc.contributor.authorPandya, Vishvajit
dc.contributor.authorPandya, Vishvajit
dc.contributor.authorPandya, Vishvajit
dc.contributor.authorPandya, Vishvajit
dc.contributor.authorPandya, Vishvajit
dc.date.accessioned2025-08-01T13:09:31Z
dc.date.issued01-04-2004
dc.description.abstractBased on fieldwork among the Rathwa tribal community of Gujarat, this article is an analysis of the ritual and installation of wall painting known as Pithoro. The analysis of the culture's own construct of what constitutes writing and reading is considered to bring out the magical power in interpreting that which is written and/or drawn. As the reading capacity is more significant, especially the one undertaken by the ritual specialist, the ethnographic account treats the paintings installed not only for the sake of ritual but to alter politicoeconomic situations of the Rathwa tribals in the course of history. This article presents the paintings as a total communication system, which is not just the work of art drawn but also written within the culture, as their own ethnography for the culture itself.
dc.format.extent117-161
dc.identifier.citationPandya, Vishvajit. "Rathwa Pithoro: Writing about writing and reading painted ethnography," Visual Anthropology, vol. 17, no. 2, pp. 117-161, Apr.-Jun, 2004.
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/08949460490430307
dc.identifier.issn1545-5920
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dc.identifier.urihttps://ir.daiict.ac.in/handle/dau.ir/2002
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherTaylor and Francis
dc.relation.ispartofseriesVol. 17; No. 2
dc.sourceVisual Anthropology
dc.source.urihttps://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/08949460490430307
dc.titleRathwa Pithoro: Writing about writing and reading painted ethnography
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