Sipra Mukherjee
Biographic Data
| ID | 3780561 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Sipra Mukherjee |
| GIVEN NAMES | Sipra |
| FAMILY NAME | Mukherjee |
| SIGNATURE | MUKHERJEE S |
| AFFILIATIONS | West Bengal State University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-9756-5611 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 9 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 3 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
From Faridpur to Calcutta
The rural and the urban are usually ranged along lines of difference: tradition/modernity, inertia/speed, continuity/dynamism. Accordingly, the religious are perceived as having a greater influence on the rural since tradition and continuity connect more with the sacred than the secular. My chapter questions this paradigm through the study of a small religious sect, that of the Matuas, in Bengal, eastern India. The Matua dharma began among the ma…
The Languages of Religion: Exploring the Politics of the Sacred
In Opposition and Allegiance to Hinduism: Exploring the Bengali Matua Hagiography of Harichand Thakur
The article studies the Bangla hagiography of Harichand Thakur, the founder of the Matua sampraday, a sect that broke away from Brahmanical Hinduism in nineteenth-century Bengal. The paper explores how the hagiography takes on the added task of constructing the collective identity of the Matuas. It argues that for a vulnerable and marginalised community where the hagiography is among the few books published, the text serves to validate the commun…
Reading language and religion together
Reading language and religion together
In Opposition and Allegiance to Hinduism: Exploring the Bengali Matua Hagiography of Harichand Thakur
The article studies the Bangla hagiography of Harichand Thakur, the founder of the Matua sampraday, a sect that broke away from Brahmanical Hinduism in nineteenth-century Bengal. The paper explores how the hagiography takes on the added task of constructing the collective identity of the Matuas. It argues that for a vulnerable and marginalised community where the hagiography is among the few books published, the text serves to validate the commun…
Reading language and religion together
The Languages of Religion: Exploring the Politics of the Sacred
In Opposition and Allegiance to Hinduism: Exploring the Bengali Matua Hagiography of Harichand Thakur
The article studies the Bangla hagiography of Harichand Thakur, the founder of the Matua sampraday, a sect that broke away from Brahmanical Hinduism in nineteenth-century Bengal. The paper explores how the hagiography takes on the added task of constructing the collective identity of the Matuas. It argues that for a vulnerable and marginalised community where the hagiography is among the few books published, the text serves to validate the commun…
From Faridpur to Calcutta
The rural and the urban are usually ranged along lines of difference: tradition/modernity, inertia/speed, continuity/dynamism. Accordingly, the religious are perceived as having a greater influence on the rural since tradition and continuity connect more with the sacred than the secular. My chapter questions this paradigm through the study of a small religious sect, that of the Matuas, in Bengal, eastern India. The Matua dharma began among the ma…
Philosophy (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Anthropological Studies and Insights (2 works) · Historical and Linguistic Studies (2 works) · Linguistics (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · South Asian Studies and Conflicts (2 works) · African history and culture analysis (1 works) · Allegiance (1 works) · Ancient history (1 works)