Rebels, wives, saints: designing selves and nations in colonial times / Tanika Sarkar.

By: Sarkar, TanikaMaterial type: TextTextPublication details: London ; New York : Seagull Books, 2009Description: ix, 347 p. ; 22 cmISBN: 9781906497293; 190649729X; 9788178243962Subject(s): Revolutionaries -- India -- Bengal -- History | Women -- India -- Bengal | Widows (Hindu law) | Bengal (India) -- History | India -- Politics and governmentDDC classification: 954
Contents:
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.
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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.

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