The Parlour and the Streets Limited edition

The Parlour and the Streets Limited editionThe Parlour and the Streets analyses the development of the various forms of folk culture of the the urban poor in the new metropolis of nineteenth century Calcutta. Consisting primarily of traditional artisans and craftsmen who migrated from the neighbouring villages, the lower orders of Calcutta evolved a new urban folk culture from their own older rural inheritance. Citing numerous examples of contemporary street songs and popular performing arts,

The volume opens with a thoughtful introduction by K

renowned French writer and critic Pascal Quignard meditates on a remarkable collection of illustrations of sexual imagery

well-informed art practice

readers have the privilege of going inside the life and thought of Barthes

the tea gardens of Bengal were the birthplace of a worker’s union movement in the 1930s

Pages: 352

Forty-eight brilliant and sensual color images accompany the text

Together they’ve created a landmark book that chronicles the exploitation of African communities and sheds further light on global Black history

5 1/2 x 3 1/2 in

precariously teetering between the recondite and the illusory

as well as anecdotes and stories gathered from across India

with the bulk of the material coming from the period between 1980 and the present