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Edge of Faith
Prabuddha Dasgupta
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Description for Edge of Faith
Hardcover. Goa officially became an Indian state in 1987 after nearly five hundred years of Portuguese rule. This title features photographs that create an intimate portrait of the Catholic community in Goa - a portrait of people torn between their fidelity to a history of Portuguese faith and culture and their post-independence Indian identity. Num Pages: 140 pages, 70 halftones. BIC Classification: 1FKA; AJC; HRCC7. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 251 x 247 x 19. Weight in Grams: 894.
Located on the west coast of India along the Arabian Sea, Goa officially became an Indian state in 1987 after nearly five hundred years of Portuguese rule. This conflict of cultures is captured by Indian photographer Prabuddha Dasgupta in "Edge of Faith". The book's seventy striking photographs create an intimate portrait of the Catholic community in Goa rarely seen before - a portrait of people torn between their fidelity to a history of Portuguese faith and culture and their post-independence Indian identity. In addition, acclaimed travel writer William Dalrymple provides an accompanying text that explores both the history of Goa's ... Read more
Located on the west coast of India along the Arabian Sea, Goa officially became an Indian state in 1987 after nearly five hundred years of Portuguese rule. This conflict of cultures is captured by Indian photographer Prabuddha Dasgupta in "Edge of Faith". The book's seventy striking photographs create an intimate portrait of the Catholic community in Goa rarely seen before - a portrait of people torn between their fidelity to a history of Portuguese faith and culture and their post-independence Indian identity. In addition, acclaimed travel writer William Dalrymple provides an accompanying text that explores both the history of Goa's ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Seagull Books London Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
140
Condition
New
Number of Pages
140
Place of Publication
Greenford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781906497316
SKU
V9781906497316
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Ref
99-1
About Prabuddha Dasgupta
Prabuddha Dasgupta is a self-taught photographer and the author of Women and Ladakh. His work is in the collections of many institutions, including Museo Ken Damy and Galleria Carla Sozzani. William Dalrymple divides his time between London and Delhi. His other books include In Xanadu, City of Djinns, The Age of Kali, and The Last Mughal.
Reviews for Edge of Faith
"An intense man with so many auras, India's Avedon, Prabuddha Dasgupta gives us images that burn in our memory, long after they are seen no more." - Asian Age "William Dalrymple has superseded Mark Tully as the voice of India.... He may well be the greatest travel writer of his generation." - Robert Twigger, Spectator"