| Rebels, Wives, Saints: Designing Selves and Nations in Colonial Times Contributor(s): Sarkar, Tanika (Author) |
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ISBN: 190649729X ISBN-13: 9781906497293 Publisher: Seagull Books OUR PRICE: $27.55 Product Type: Hardcover Published: January 2010 Annotation: In "Rebels, Wives, Saints," acclaimed scholar Tanika Sarkar continues her revolutionary scholarship on women, religion, and nationhood in colonial Bengal. The colonial universe Sarkar describes in "Rebels, Wives, Saints" centers around symbols of women as both defiled and deified, exemplified in the idea of woman as widow and woman as goddess. The nation, Sarkar explains, is imagined as a woman-goddess within a country comprising plural cultural traditions. Sarkar also broadens the discussion to consider male reformers who battle Hindu conservatives, a Hindu novelist who idealizes nationalism as a means for overcoming Muslim influence, male-dominant social norms, and theatre and censorship. Throughout the book, Sarkar deploys her trademark focus on small, specific, emotional defining moments in order to arrive at a larger, compelling picture that reveals how people actually feel and experience life in Bengal. |
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| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Gender Studies - Social Science | Popular Culture |
| Dewey: 954.140 |
| Physical Information: 1.3" H x 5.7" W x 8.6" (1.27 lbs) 356 pages |
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| Publisher Description: In Rebels, Wives, Saints, acclaimed scholar Tanika Sarkar continues her revolutionary scholarship on women, religion, and nationhood in colonial Bengal. The colonial universe Sarkar describes in Rebels, Wives, Saints centers around symbols of women as both defiled and deified, exemplified in the idea of woman as widow and woman as goddess. The nation, Sarkar explains, is imagined as a woman-goddess within a country comprising plural cultural traditions. Sarkar also broadens the discussion to consider male reformers who battle Hindu conservatives, a Hindu novelist who idealizes nationalism as a means for overcoming Muslim influence, male-dominant social norms, and theatre and censorship. Throughout the book, Sarkar deploys her trademark focus on small, specific, emotional defining moments in order to arrive at a larger, compelling picture that reveals how people actually feel and experience life in Bengal. |
Contributor Bio(s): Sarkar, Tanika: - Tanika Sarkar is a historian of modern India and author of "Bengal 1928-1934: The Politics of Protest "and "Hindu Wife, Hindu Nation: ""Community, ""Religion, Cultural Nationalism." She also coedited "Khaki Shorts and Saffron Flags: A Critique of Hindutva and Women and the Hindu Right". |