Title Revelry, rivalry, and longing for the goddesses of Bengal : the fortunes of Hindu festivals / Rachel Fell McDermott.

Publication Info.	New York : Columbia University Press New York, 2011.
	©2011.

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Description	1 online resource (xviii, 372 pages) : illustrations
Physical Medium	polychrome
Description	text file
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 329-351) and index.
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.
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Subject	Durgā-pūjā (Hindu festival) -- India -- West Bengal.
	Durgā-pūjā (Hindu festival)
	India -- West Bengal.
	Jagaddhātrī-pūjā (Hindu festival) -- India -- West Bengal.
	Jagaddhātrī-pūjā (Hindu festival)
	Kālī-pūjā (Hindu festival) -- India -- West Bengal.
	Kālī-pūjā (Hindu festival)
	West Bengal (India) -- Religious life and customs.
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
Other Form:	Print version: McDermott, Rachel Fell. Revelry, rivalry, and longing for the Goddesses of Bengal. New York : Columbia University Press New York, c2011 (DLC) 2010020693 (OCoLC)634739827
ISBN	9780231527873 electronic book
	023152787X electronic book
	9780231129183 (cloth) (alkaline paper)
	9780231129190 (paperback)
	0231129181 (cloth) (alkaline paper)
	023112919X