{"title":"Cezary Galewicz","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCezary Galewicz\u003c\/strong\u003e explores the intricate relationship between memory, culture, and literature in his works. His studies often delve into the historical and regional print cultures of colonial India, offering insightful perspectives on how the printed word shaped collective memory and identity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eReaders can expect a thoughtful examination of arts and culture, enriched by deep academic research and a nuanced understanding of postcolonial contexts. Galewicz’s writing invites contemplation on the power of written history and its role in cultural preservation.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"kingdoms-of-memory-empires-of-ink-the-veda-and-the-regional-print-cultures-of-colonial-india-by-cezary-galewicz-9788323343912","title":"Kingdoms of Memory, Empires of Ink – The Veda and the Regional Print Cultures of Colonial India","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe backbone of this book on books is a history of a most unusual concept of the book that developed in South Asia with reference to the Veda.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBy the 19th century, regional cultures of print showed an uneven and spatially discontinuous development across the Indian subcontinent. They variously fed on regional patterns of communication, configurations of power, patronage, and a new economic regime. Their development formed part of tremendous transformations in the structures of power, statecraft, authority, and communication that the subcontinent was going through while being gradually absorbed into the globalising orbit of the emerging British Empire.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe period witnessed a general shift of knowledge-production sites and relocation of distribution and text-circulation networks towards new urban centres.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eKingdoms of Memory, Empires of Ink – The Veda and the Regional Print Cultures of Colonial India\u003c\/em\u003e tries to understand how the emerging regional cultures of print created conditions for, inspired, and accommodated differently configured projects of bringing out printed editions of Vedic texts. It explores how these cultures left distinct traces of their respective nature on their editorial principles, book format, typographic form, and publishing ideology.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47455609716972,"sku":"9788323343912","price":126.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/71hwJy8oq9L._SL1500.jpg?v=1774787410"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/collections\/cezary-galewicz.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}