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100 1 _aMcDermott, Rachel Fell.
245 1 0 _aRevelry, rivalry, and longing for the goddesses of Bengal :
_bthe fortunes of Hindu festivals /
_cRachel Fell McDermott.
264 1 _aNew York :
_bColumbia University Press New York,
_c2011.
264 4 _c©2011
300 _a1 online resource (xviii, 372 pages) :
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504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 329-351) and index.
505 0 _aPūjā 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.
588 0 _aPrint version record.
520 _aAnnually 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 sacrifice as part of their worship and offer material and spiritual benefits to their votaries. Richly represented in straw, clay, paint, and decoration, they are similarly displayed in elaborately festooned temples, thronged by thousands of admirers. The first book to recount the history of these festivals and their revelry, rivalry, and nostalgic power, this volume marks an unprecedented achievement in the mapping of a major public event. Rachel Fell McDermott describes the festivals' origins and growth under British rule. She identifies their iconographic conventions and carnivalesque qualities and their relationship to the fierce, Tantric sides of ritual practice. McDermott confronts controversies over the tradition of blood sacrifice and the status-seekers who compete for symbolic capital. Expanding her narrative, she takes readers beyond Bengal's borders to trace the transformation of the goddesses and their festivals across the world. McDermott's work underscores the role of holidays in cultural memory, specifically the Bengali evocation of an ideal, culturally rich past. Under the thrall of the goddess, the social, political, economic, and religious identity of Bengalis takes shape.
546 _aIn English.
590 _aMaster record variable field(s) change: 651
650 0 _aDurgā-pūjā (Hindu festival)
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650 0 _aJagaddhātrī-pūjā (Hindu festival)
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650 0 _aKālī-pūjā (Hindu festival)
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651 0 _aWest Bengal (India)
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650 7 _aRELIGION
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650 7 _aDurgā-pūjā (Hindu festival)
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650 7 _aJagaddhātrī-pūjā (Hindu festival)
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650 7 _aKālī-pūjā (Hindu festival)
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651 7 _aIndia
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655 4 _aElectronic books.
776 0 8 _iPrint version:
_aMcDermott, Rachel Fell.
_tRevelry, rivalry, and longing for the Goddesses of Bengal.
_dNew York : Columbia University Press New York, ©2011
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