Of fortunes and festivals
Subtitle: revelry, rivalry, and longing for the goddesses of Bengal
By: Rachel Fell McDermott
Publisher: Columbia University Press New York
Published: 2011
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780231129183; 9780231129190
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Pūjā origins and elite politics; title: The goddess in colonial and postcolonial history; title: Durgā the daughter : folk and familial traditions; title: The artistry of Durgā and Jagaddhātrī; title: Durgā on the Titanic : politics and religion in the Pūjā; title: The "orientalist Kālī" : a Tantric icon comes alive; title: Approaches to Kālī Pūjā in Bengal; title: Controversies and the goddess; title: Deva in the diaspora; title: Appendix : an overview of the press in Bengal up to 1947.