Spaces of Recognition
Puja and Power in Contemporary Calcutta
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4604137 |
|---|---|
| Authors | A Ghosh (0000-0003-2196-8603, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2000 |
| Volume | 26 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 289-299 |
| Publication date | 2000-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Southern African Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0305-7070 • E-ISSN: 1465-3893 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/03057070050010129 |
| OpenAlex | W2107951033 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 11 |
| References cited | 7 |
As the most popular religious festival, Durga puja has become iconic of modern Bengali Hindu identity in West Bengal, India. Its transformation from a rural family ritual to an urban secular one over the last 200 years highlights the constraints on the emergence of a public sphere in post-colonial India
Aesthetics · Ancient history · Archaeology · Art · Bay · BENGAL · Bengali · Colonialism · Geography · Hinduism · Linguistics · Sikhism · Socioeconomics · Sociology · West bengal · Anthropological Studies and Insights · Anthropology · History · Philosophy · Religious studies · South Asian Cinema and Culture
Calcutta and the Modern Woman
Middle-Class Dharma
A Hygienic City-Nation
Heart and Soul for World Politics
Territorialising control in urban West Bengal
Fostering cultural vitality and enhancing sustainable urban tourism through international labelling
The Secular Icon
Postcolonial cities
Pratimasilpa and the Making of the Public
Religiosity, Space-making, Exclusion
At Home with Durga
| Unique citing works | 11 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,44 |
| Citation span | 2001 - 2026 (26) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 10 |