LEADER 04228nam 2200673 a 450 001 9910781355303321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-283-09406-1 010 $a9786613094063 010 $a0-231-52787-X 024 7 $a10.7312/mcde12918 035 $a(CKB)2550000000035158 035 $a(OCoLC)732958140 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10469165 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000540866 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12214847 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000540866 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10492046 035 $a(PQKB)11346417 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0000455066 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC895147 035 $a(DE-B1597)459117 035 $a(OCoLC)979967698 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780231527873 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL895147 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10469165 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL309406 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000035158 100 $a20100520d2011 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aRevelry, rivalry, and longing for the Goddesses of Bengal$b[electronic resource] $ethe fortunes of Hindu festivals /$fRachel Fell McDermott 210 $aNew York $cColumbia University Press New York$dc2011 215 $a1 online resource (391 p.) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-231-12919-X 311 $a0-231-12918-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aPu?ja? origins and elite politics -- The goddess in colonial and postcolonial history -- Durga? the daughter : folk and familial traditions -- The artistry of Durga? and Jagaddha?tri? -- Durga? on the Titanic : politics and religion in the Pu?ja? -- The "orientalist Ka?li?" : a Tantric icon comes alive -- Approaches to Ka?li? Pu?ja? in Bengal -- Controversies and the goddess -- Deva in the diaspora -- Appendix : an overview of the press in Bengal up to 1947. 330 $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. 606 $aDurga?-pu?ja? (Hindu festival)$zIndia$zWest Bengal 606 $aJagaddha?tri?-pu?ja? (Hindu festival)$zIndia$zWest Bengal 606 $aKa?li?-pu?ja? (Hindu festival)$zIndia$zWest Bengal 607 $aWest Bengal (India)$xReligious life and customs 615 0$aDurga?-pu?ja? (Hindu festival) 615 0$aJagaddha?tri?-pu?ja? (Hindu festival) 615 0$aKa?li?-pu?ja? (Hindu festival) 676 $a294.5/36095414 700 $aMcDermott$b Rachel Fell$01528056 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910781355303321 996 $aRevelry, rivalry, and longing for the Goddesses of Bengal$93771463 997 $aUNINA