An edition of Of fortunes and festivals (2011)

Of fortunes and festivals

revelry, rivalry, and longing for the goddesses of Bengal

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Of fortunes and festivals
Rachel Fell McDermott, Rachel ...
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Columbia University Press New York
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Subjects

Durgā-pūjā (Hindu festival), Jagaddhātrī-pūjā (Hindu festival), Religious life and customs, Kālī-pūjā (Hindu festival)

Places

India, West Bengal, West Bengal (India)

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Of fortunes and festivals: revelry, rivalry, and longing for the goddesses of Bengal
2011, Columbia University Press New York
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Table of Contents

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.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
294.5/36095414
Library of Congress
BL1239.82.D87 M33 2011

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Pagination
p. cm.

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL24553140M
ISBN 13
9780231129183, 9780231129190
LCCN
2010020693

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