Spaces of recognition: Puja and power in contemporary Calcutta

Authors
Ghosh, A
Citation
A. Ghosh, Spaces of recognition: Puja and power in contemporary Calcutta, J S AFR ST, 26(2), 2000, pp. 289-299
Citations number
33
Categorie Soggetti
Politucal Science & public Administration
Journal title
JOURNAL OF SOUTHERN AFRICAN STUDIES
ISSN journal
03057070 → ACNP
Volume
26
Issue
2
Year of publication
2000
Pages
289 - 299
Database
ISI
SICI code
0305-7070(200006)26:2<289:SORPAP>2.0.ZU;2-D
Abstract
As the most popular religious festival, Durga puja has become iconic of mod ern Bengali Hindu identity in West Bengal, India. Its transformation from a rural family ritual to art urban secular one over the East 200 years highl ights the constraints on the emergence of a public sphere in post-colonial India.