Married to the Munition of Colonial Propaganda: a Visual Guide to Manipur (1893 - 1933)

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Married to the Munition of Colonial Propaganda: a Visual Guide to Manipur (1893 - 1933) is written by Pamkhuila Shaiza and published by . It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 1973351935 (ISBN 10) and 9781973351931 (ISBN 13).

How did the natives in Manipur understood the "introduction of photography and camera" among them? Some deterred to have their photos taken, for fear of getting their soul captured by the camera, or to have their life cut short. Few of whose images were captured, possessed historicity. Collected and assembled over the years (dating from 1893 to 1933), these visuals brings out a significant whole of the early modern colonial Manipur history. An analysis approach of these visuals streamlined towards asking questions like, how can one conceptualize visuals as initiating early modern Manipur history, or can these visuals contain historical evidence? Since photography records everything that it captures, it becomes complex for interpretation. Based on this, the contextualized visuals garnered difficulty in interpreting one object or things to come up with analysis and explanations that streamline towards historicity. However, carefully designing to fit every stage of investigation, an ontological construct of early colonial Manipur was possible.