Pilgrimage and politics in colonial Bengal: the myth of the goddess Sati
1. Kalighat souvenirs and the creation of Sati's iconography -- 2. Kamakhya's erotic-apotropaic potency and the forging of sacred geography -- 3. Tantra's revolutionary potential : Tarapith and Bamakhepa's visualisation of Tara -- 4. Contesting the colonial gaze : image worship d...
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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| WorldCat: | WorldCat |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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London New York
Routledge,
2017
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| In: | Year: 2017 |
| Further subjects: | B
Sati (India) (Bengal)
B India History British occupation, 1765-1947 B Women Social conditions 19th century (India) (Bengal) B Electronic books B Bengal (India) Social life and customs 19th century B Sati ; India ; Bengal B India ; History ; British occupation, 1765-1947 B Women in Hinduism |
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Volltext (Publisher) Volltext (doi) Volltext (lizenzpflichtig) |
| Parallel Edition: | Erscheint auch als: 9781472489449 |
| Summary: | 1. Kalighat souvenirs and the creation of Sati's iconography -- 2. Kamakhya's erotic-apotropaic potency and the forging of sacred geography -- 3. Tantra's revolutionary potential : Tarapith and Bamakhepa's visualisation of Tara -- 4. Contesting the colonial gaze : image worship debates in nineteenthcentury Bengal. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (viii, 126 pages) |
| ISBN: | 978-1-315-22314-8 978-1-351-83999-0 |
| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.4324/9781315223148 |
