Partitioning Bazaar Art – Popular Visual Culture of India and Pakistan around 1947

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By Yousuf Saeed

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Partitioning Bazaar Art examines the powerful role of inexpensive posters in shaping nationalism around the 1947 Partition of India and Pakistan. Yousuf Saeed explores how mechanically reproduced images in public spaces reflected the aesthetics of the masses and revealed the formation of communal identities. The essay highlights the selective deification of independence leaders and the biased portrayal of religious minorities in popular print culture. It also traces the rise of Sufi-saint posters in post-Partition Pakistan, offering a nuanced understanding of nationalism through visual culture.
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This book is ideal for readers interested in South Asian history, print culture, nationalism, and visual arts, especially those seeking to understand the cultural dynamics surrounding the Partition of 1947.

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Offers insight into the links between the development of print culture and the many dynamic strains of nationalism in dialogue during the Partition of the Indian subcontinent in 1947.

How did inexpensive posters influence nationalism in the decades leading up to and succeeding the Partition of the Indian subcontinent in 1947? If mechanically reproduced images that occupy public spaces reflect the aesthetics of the “masses,” what can a critical interpretation of subcontinental popular visual culture in the mid-twentieth century reveal about the formation of communal identities?

In this essay, Yousuf Saeed studies the selective deification of leaders fighting for Indian independence. He highlights the biased representation within the domain of “patriotic” posters of the time and the evolving portrayal of religious minority communities in India’s popular print culture over subsequent decades. Also charting the turn popular print culture took in post-Partition Pakistan, Saeed focuses on the country’s thriving industry of Sufi-saint posters. Partitioning Bazaar Art is a timely exploration of how nationalism can be defined through popular imagery.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781803092911

Publisher: Seagull Books London Ltd

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 06 December 2023

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Seagull Books London Ltd

Audience: Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Width: 4.0mm

Height: 7.0mm

Weight: 250g

Pages: 72

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Arts & Culture Education & Reference Non-Fiction Yousuf Saeed

About the Author

Yousuf Saeed is a filmmaker, author, and archivist of random ephemera based in Delhi, India. His work includes the feature-length documentary Khayal Darpan about the state of classical music in Pakistan. He is also the author of Muslim Devotional Art in India.