Global Events and Local Narratives: 9/11 and the Picture Storytellers of Bengal.

This paper will examine the relativity of contexts produced through diverse mechanisms for interaction by using the example of the picture storytellers of Bengal (Chitrakaras) and their narrative scroll paintings depicting the 9/11 strikes at the World Trade Centre in New York. The Chitrakaras displ...

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Published in:	Indian Folklore Research Journal Vol. 6; no. 9; pp. 1 - 27
Main Author:	Chatterji, Roma
Format:	Article
Published:	National Folklore Support Centre 2009
Subjects:	September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001 Storytellers Narrative inquiry (Research method) Narrative art Bengal (India) India
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