Rebels, wives, saints: designing selves and nations in colonial times /
Tanika Sarkar.
- London ; New York : Seagull Books, 2009.
- ix, 347 p. ; 22 cm.
Holy 'fire eaters' : why widow immolation became an issue in colonial Bengal -- Caste, sect, and hagiography : the Balakdashis of early modern Bengal -- Wicked widows : law and faith in nineteenth-century public sphere debates -- Performing power and troublesome plays : the early public theatre in colonial Bengal -- The birth of a goddess : Bankimchandra Chattopadhyaya's Anandamath -- Questioning nationalism : the difficulty writings of Rabindranath Tagore -- The child and the world : Rabindranath Tagore's ideas on education -- Tribals in colonial Bengal : Jitu Santal's rebellion in Malda.