Revelry, rivalry, and longing for the Goddesses of Bengal the fortunes of Hindu festivals /

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Bibliografiske detaljer
Hovedforfatter: McDermott, Rachel Fell
Institution som forfatter: ebrary, Inc
Format: Electronisk eBog
Sprog:engelsk
Udgivet: New York : Columbia University Press New York, c2011.
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Indholdsfortegnelse:
  • Pūjā origins and elite politics
  • The goddess in colonial and postcolonial history
  • Durgā the daughter : folk and familial traditions
  • The artistry of Durgā and Jagaddhātrī
  • Durgā on the Titanic : politics and religion in the Pūjā
  • The "orientalist Kālī" : a Tantric icon comes alive
  • Approaches to Kālī Pūjā in Bengal
  • Controversies and the goddess
  • Deva in the diaspora
  • Appendix : an overview of the press in Bengal up to 1947.