Revelry, rivalry, and longing for the Goddesses of Bengal : the fortunes of Hindu festivals / / Rachel Fell McDermott.
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| Year of Publication: | 2011 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | xviii, 372 p. :; ill. |
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Table of Contents:
- Puja origins and elite politics
- The goddess in colonial and postcolonial history
- Durga the daughter : folk and familial traditions
- The artistry of Durga and Jagaddhatri
- Durga on the Titanic : politics and religion in the Puja
- The "orientalist Kali" : a Tantric icon comes alive
- Approaches to Kali Puja in Bengal
- Controversies and the goddess
- Deva in the diaspora
- Appendix : an overview of the press in Bengal up to 1947.