India for the Masses: the Typical and the Topical in the Murals at the Golden Gate International Exposition (1939-1940)

This paper deals with the representation of India in the murals at San Francisco’s Golden Gate International Exposition  (1939-1940) and the codes and examples used by the author Miguel Covarrubias to show the massive North American audience – generally, poorly interested in India – the people, the...

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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:18f41d0ef6eb4ce5aca6133436d634a92021-12-02T16:53:53ZIndia for the Masses: the Typical and the Topical in the Murals at the Golden Gate International Exposition (1939-1940)2339-852310.5565/rev/indialogs.14https://doaj.org/article/18f41d0ef6eb4ce5aca6133436d634a92015-04-01T00:00:00Zhttps://revistes.uab.cat/indialogs/article/view/14https://doaj.org/toc/2339-8523This paper deals with the representation of India in the murals at San Francisco’s Golden Gate International Exposition  (1939-1940) and the codes and examples used by the author Miguel Covarrubias to show the massive North American audience – generally, poorly interested in India – the people, the Art, the native dwellings and means of transportations, the flora and the fauna and the economy of the Indian subcontinent.Marisa Peiró MárquezUniversitat Autònoma de Barcelonaarticlemapssymbolic representationscaricatureunited statesinterwar periodtopicsinternational and universal expositionsmiguel covarrubiasGeneral WorksAENESIndialogs: Spanish Journal of India Studies, Vol 2, Iss 0, Pp 93-113 (2015)
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Marisa Peiró Márquez
India for the Masses: the Typical and the Topical in the Murals at the Golden Gate International Exposition (1939-1940)
description This paper deals with the representation of India in the murals at San Francisco’s Golden Gate International Exposition  (1939-1940) and the codes and examples used by the author Miguel Covarrubias to show the massive North American audience – generally, poorly interested in India – the people, the Art, the native dwellings and means of transportations, the flora and the fauna and the economy of the Indian subcontinent.
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author Marisa Peiró Márquez
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title India for the Masses: the Typical and the Topical in the Murals at the Golden Gate International Exposition (1939-1940)
title_short India for the Masses: the Typical and the Topical in the Murals at the Golden Gate International Exposition (1939-1940)
title_full India for the Masses: the Typical and the Topical in the Murals at the Golden Gate International Exposition (1939-1940)
title_fullStr India for the Masses: the Typical and the Topical in the Murals at the Golden Gate International Exposition (1939-1940)
title_full_unstemmed India for the Masses: the Typical and the Topical in the Murals at the Golden Gate International Exposition (1939-1940)
title_sort india for the masses: the typical and the topical in the murals at the golden gate international exposition (1939-1940)
publisher Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
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