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The Resource Drawing from the city, based on the oral stories of Tejubehan ; original Tamil text, Saalai Selvam ; English text, V. Geetha & Gita Wolf ; [art, Tejubehan]

Drawing from the city, based on the oral stories of Tejubehan ; original Tamil text, Saalai Selvam ; English text, V. Geetha & Gita Wolf ; [art, Tejubehan]

Label
Drawing from the city
Title
Drawing from the city
Statement of responsibility
based on the oral stories of Tejubehan ; original Tamil text, Saalai Selvam ; English text, V. Geetha & Gita Wolf ; [art, Tejubehan]
Creator
Contributor
Subject
Genre
Language
  • eng
  • tam
  • eng
Summary
Teju Behan is a singer and self taught urban folk artist from Ahmedabad in western India who describes her life of poverty until a job working as a singer with a fellow artist led her to discover her own artistic talent
Member of
Biography type
autobiography
Cataloging source
IEB
http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
Tejubehan
Dewey number
JUV 92
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
no index present
LC call number
N7310.T425
LC item number
A2 2013
Literary form
non fiction
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
Selvam, Saalai
Series statement
Journeys
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Tejubehan
  • Behan, Teju
  • Tejubehan
  • Women artists
  • Folk art
  • Folk artists
  • Migration, Internal
  • Artists
  • Women
  • Folk art
  • Folk art
  • Folk artists
  • Migration, Internal
  • Women artists
  • India
  • India
Target audience
juvenile
Label
Drawing from the city, based on the oral stories of Tejubehan ; original Tamil text, Saalai Selvam ; English text, V. Geetha & Gita Wolf ; [art, Tejubehan]
Instantiates
Publication
Note
  • "Handmade book. This book has been silk-screen printed and bound by hand, on handmade paper. Screenprinting, typesetting, binding, stitching"--Book band
  • Design: Nia Murphy ; Production: C. Arumugam ; Printed and bound at AMM Screens, Chennai, India"--Colophon
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Control code
ocn812033057
Dimensions
36 cm
Extent
28 unnumbered pages
Isbn
9789380340173
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
chiefly illustrations
Label
Drawing from the city, based on the oral stories of Tejubehan ; original Tamil text, Saalai Selvam ; English text, V. Geetha & Gita Wolf ; [art, Tejubehan]
Publication
Note
  • "Handmade book. This book has been silk-screen printed and bound by hand, on handmade paper. Screenprinting, typesetting, binding, stitching"--Book band
  • Design: Nia Murphy ; Production: C. Arumugam ; Printed and bound at AMM Screens, Chennai, India"--Colophon
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Control code
ocn812033057
Dimensions
36 cm
Extent
28 unnumbered pages
Isbn
9789380340173
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
chiefly illustrations

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