At Home with Durga
The Goddess in a Palace and Corporeal Identity in Rituparno Ghosh's Utsab
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3594036 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Romita Ray (Syracuse University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2014 |
| Volume | 5 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 334-360 |
| Publication date | 2014-03-31 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Religions (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2077-1444 • E-ISSN: 2077-1444 |
| Publisher | MDPI AG (PUBLISHER • IT) |
| DOI | 10.3390/rel5020334 |
| OpenAlex | W2037080905 |
| ISBN | 9781315443508 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 13 |
In this article, I examine the representational strategies used to visualize the pratima (deity) of the Hindu goddess, Durga, as a paradigm of time, memory, and corporeal identity, in Rituparno Ghosh's 2000 Bengali film Utsab. I analyze the body as a dynamic site of memory-formation that shapes new histories in the sprawling colonial palace in which the film's narrative unfolds with an ancestral Durga festival as its focal point. To this end, I look at how the body of the goddess produces and defines the transience of human experience, the fragility of material history, and the desire for historic relevance
Aesthetics · Archaeology · Art · Bengali · Colonialism · Hinduism · Linguistics · Literature · Narrative · History · Philosophy · Religious studies · South Asian Cinema and Culture · South Asian Studies and Conflicts · South Asian Studies and Diaspora
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2025 - 2025 (1) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |