cut, tuck, and paste: repurposing mass-produced imagery at buddhist shrines in ladakh, india

This article documents and analyzes the ways in which mass-produced imagery, frequently intended for secular functions, is creatively repurposed at Buddhist shrines in Ladakh, India. I argue that these inventive reformulations of printed material—often requiring cutting, pasting, and reframing—play...

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Main Author: Kerin, Melissa R. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Taylor & Francis 2021
In: Material religion
Year: 2021, Volume: 17, Issue: 4, Pages: 437-462
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Ladakh / Lamaism / Sanctuary / Mass media / Secularism / Picture / Rededication / Sacred object
RelBib Classification:AG Religious life; material religion
BL Buddhism
KBM Asia
Further subjects:B Deposit
B Shrines
B Ladakh
B Assemblage (Art)
B Altars
B Icon
B Offering
B mass-produced imagery
B Bricolage
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