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...
| Publicado en: | Indian Folklore Research Journal Vol. 6; no. 9; pp. 1 - 27 |
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National Folklore Support Centre
2009
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=hlh&AN=48917248&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: hlh uiTerm: 48917248 longDbName: Humanities International Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 09726462 3ANU jtl: Indian Folklore Research Journal issn: 09726462 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: 2009 vid: 6 iid: 9 pid: 28326 pub: National Folklore Support Centre artinfo: ui: 48917248 ppf: 1 ppct: 26 formats: fmt: @attributes: type: P size: 569KB tig: atl: Global Events and Local Narratives: 9/11 and the Picture Storytellers of Bengal. aug: au: Chatterji, Roma affil: Department of Sociology, Faculty of Social Sciences, Delhi School of Economics, University of Delhi, Delhi 110 007 su: September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001 Storytellers Narrative inquiry (Research method) Narrative art Bengal (India) India sug: subj: Bengal (India) India September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001 Storytellers Narrative inquiry (Research method) Narrative art ab: 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 display the scroll along with a narrative constructed from newspaper and television reports and from other popular art forms such as the jatra. The narrative reveals a structure resembling the mythical narrative form mangala kavya that anchors the 9/11 event in a context that is locally intelligible and acceptable. Unlike other forms of mass media this traditional method of storytelling has the receptors actively participating in re-interpreting the event by re-locating it in mythical time. But myths cannot be self-consciously produced, they can only be re-produced or re-enacted. When retold as a myth, the 9/11 story does lose some of the unique features that make it a historic event. What it does acquire is a more universalistic dimension by focusing on human dilemmas and emotions. Thus the universal appeal of the Laden pata, even to those who are not familiar with the narrative tradition within which it is located, can be said to emanate from its ability to re-locate the global event in a local moral context. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Article src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: Y custom: Copyright of Indian Folklore Research Journal is the property of National Folklore Support Centre and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites without the copyright holder's express written permission. Additionally, content may not be used with any artificial intelligence tools or machine learning technologies. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. item: Indian Folklore Research Journal holder: National Folklore Support Centre dt: @attributes: year: 2009 holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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