Revelry, Rivalry, and Longing for the Goddesses of Bengal : : The Fortunes of Hindu Festivals /

Revelry, Rivalry, and Longing for the Goddesses of Bengal : : The Fortunes of Hindu Festivals / / Rachel Fell McDermott.

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Annually during the months of autumn, Bengal hosts three interlinked festivals to honor its most important goddesses: Durga, Kali, and Jagaddhatri. While each of these deities possesses a distinct iconography, myth, and character, they are all martial. Durga, Kali, and Jagaddhatri often demand blood...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Asian Studies Backlist (2000-2014) eBook Package
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McDermott, Rachel Fell,
Place / Publishing House:New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [2011]
©2011
Year of Publication:2011
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (392 p.) :; 37 illus.
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Illustrations
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • Notes on Transliteration
  • Introduction
  • 1. Pūjā Origins and Elite Politics
  • 2. The Goddess in Colonial and Postcolonial History
  • 3. Durgā the Daughter: Folk and Familial Traditions
  • 4. The Artistry of Durgā and Jagaddhātrī
  • 5. Durgā on the Titanic: Politics and Religion in the Pūjā
  • 6. The "Orientalist" Kālī: A Tantric Icon Comes Alive
  • 7. Approaches to Kālī Pūjā in Bengal
  • 8. Controversies and the Goddess
  • 9. Devī in the Diaspora
  • Conclusion
  • Appendix
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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