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050 0 0 _aBL1239.82.D87
_bM33 2011
050 4 _aBL1239.82.D87
_bM33 2015
072 7 _aREL032020
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082 0 4 _a294.536095414
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084 _aonline - DeGruyter
100 1 _aMcDermott, Rachel Fell
_eautore
245 1 0 _aRevelry, Rivalry, and Longing for the Goddesses of Bengal :
_bThe Fortunes of Hindu Festivals /
_cRachel Fell McDermott.
264 1 _aNew York, NY :
_bColumbia University Press,
_c[2011]
264 4 _c©2011
300 _a1 online resource (392 p.) :
_b37 illus.
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505 0 0 _tFrontmatter --
_tContents --
_tIllustrations --
_tPreface --
_tAcknowledgments --
_tNotes on Transliteration --
_tIntroduction --
_t1. Pūjā Origins and Elite Politics --
_t2. The Goddess in Colonial and Postcolonial History --
_t3. Durgā the Daughter: Folk and Familial Traditions --
_t4. The Artistry of Durgā and Jagaddhātrī --
_t5. Durgā on the Titanic: Politics and Religion in the Pūjā --
_t6. The "Orientalist" Kālī: A Tantric Icon Comes Alive --
_t7. Approaches to Kālī Pūjā in Bengal --
_t8. Controversies and the Goddess --
_t9. Devī in the Diaspora --
_tConclusion --
_tAppendix --
_tNotes --
_tBibliography --
_tIndex
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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.
530 _aIssued also in print.
538 _aMode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
546 _aIn English.
588 0 _aDescription based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 02. Mrz 2022)
650 0 _aDurgā-pūjā (Hindu festival)
_zIndia
_zWest Bengal.
650 0 _aJagaddhātrī-pūjā (Hindu festival)
_zIndia
_zWest Bengal.
650 0 _aKālī-pūjā (Hindu festival)
_zIndia
_zWest Bengal.
650 7 _aRELIGION / Hinduism / Rituals & Practice.
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856 4 0 _uhttps://doi.org/10.7312/mcde12918
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780231527873
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