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020			_a9781472489449 _qhbk _cLb 115.00
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082	0	4	_a294.535095414 _223 _bR1753p
100	1		_aRamos, Imma, _eauthor. _91146
245	1	0	_aPilgrimage and politics in colonial Bengal : _bthe myth of the goddess Sati / _cImma Ramos.
246	3	0	_aMyth of the goddess Sati
260			_aLondon : _bRoutledge, Taylor & Francis Group, _c2017.
300			_aviii, 126 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : _billustrations (some color) ; _c26 cm
500			_a"An Ashgate book"--Cover.
500			_aBased on author's thesis (doctoral--University of Cambridge, 2015) under the title: Give me, give me my Sati! the myth of the Shakti Pithas in colonial Bengal.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 112-121) and index.
505	0		_aIntroduction -- Kalighat souvenirs and the creation of Sati's iconography -- Kamakhya's erotic-apotropaic potency and the forging of sacred geography -- Tantra's revolutionary potential: Tarapith and Bamakhepa's visualisation of Tara -- Contesting the colonial gaze: image worship debates in nineteenth-century Bengal -- Conclusion.
520			_aFrom the late nineteenth century onwards the concept of Mother India assumed political significance in colonial Bengal. Reacting against British rule, Bengali writers and artists gendered the nation in literature and visual culture in order to inspire patriotism amongst the indigenous population. This book will examine the process by which the Hindu goddess Sati rose to sudden prominence as a personification of the subcontinent and an icon of heroic self-sacrifice. According to a myth of cosmic dismemberment, Sati's body parts were scattered across South Asia and enshrined as Shakti Pithas, or Seats of Power. These sacred sites were re-imagined as the fragmented body of the motherland in crisis that could provide the basis for an emergent territorial consciousness. The most potent sites were located in eastern India, Kalighat and Tarapith in Bengal, and Kamakhya in Assam. By examining Bengali and colonial responses to these temples and the ritual traditions associated with them, including Tantra and image worship, this book will provide the first comprehensive study of this ancient network of pilgrimage sites in an art historical and political context.
648		0	_a1800-1899 _2LCSH _91147
650		0	_aHindu shrines _xPolitical aspects _zIndia _zBengal. _91148
650		0	_aHinduism and politics _zIndia _zBengal _xHistory _y19th century. _91149
650		0	_aŚakti (Hindu deity) _91150
650		0	_aNationalism and art _zIndia _zBengal _xHistory _y19th century. _91151
650		0	_aNationalism _zIndia _zBengal _xHistory _y19th century. _91152
650		7	_aHindu shrines. _2LCSH _91153
650		7	_aManners and customs. _2LCSH _91036
651		0	_aBengal (India) _xHistory _y19th century. _91154
651		7	_aIndia _zBengal. _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst01213579 _9104
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