Revelry, Rivalry, and Longing for the Goddesses of Bengal The Fortunes of Hindu Festivals

Name: Revelry, Rivalry, and Longing for the Goddesses of Bengal The Fortunes of Hindu Festivals
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ISBN: 9780231129190

ISBN-10: 023112919X

ISBN-13: 9780231129190

Edition: 2011

Authors: Rachel Fell McDermott

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Annually 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 is an unprecedented…

Book details

List price: $34.00
Copyright year: 2011
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Publication date: 5/31/2011
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 392
Size: 6.50" wide x 8.94" long x 0.81" tall
Weight: 1.144
Language: English



List of Illustrations


Preface


Acknowledgments


Notes on Transliteration


Introduction



Puja Origins and Elite Politics



The Goddess in Colonial and Postcolonial History



Durga the Daughter: Folk and Familial Traditions



The Artistry of Durga and Jagaddhatri



Durga on the Titanic: Politics and Religion in the Puja



The ï¿½Orientalistï¿½ Kali: A Tantric Icon Comes Alive



Approaches to Kali Puja in Bengal



Controversies and the Goddess



Devi in the Diaspora


Conclusion


Appendix: An Overview of the Press in Bengal up to 1947


Notes


Bibliography


Index