Motherland

by Sumathi Ramaswamy and Monica Juneja

This interdisciplinary scholarly catalog examines Motherland, an important series of photo-performances by the acclaimed artist Pushpamala N. on the Indian nation personified as woman, mother, and goddess. The series shows Pushpamala taking on Mother India's myriad personifications: nubile beauty and saintly renunciant; militant goddess wearing a garland of skulls or receiving the ultimate sacrifice of a warrior's head; the mother-surgeon activating...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9392130112
• ISBN13: 9789392130113
• Release Date: November 2022
• Publisher: Roli Books
• Length: 136 Pages
• Weight: 2.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 8.9" x 11.3"