380pp, with colour illustrations. Laminated, illustrated stiff card covers.. 8vo. A little rubbed at corners, some gentle edges wear to card covers else neat, clean, bright and tight. Promotional flyer from the publisher loosely laid in.
Presenting a new kind of visual history, The Goddess and the Nation covers the pictorial life and career of Bharat Mata, or Mother India, - the Indian nation imagined as a mother/goddess, the embodiment of national territory and unifying symbol for the country’s diverse and several communities.
