Hindu festivals in small town India: patronage, play, piety
This article shows how the burgeoning Hindu festivals in small town West Bengal – in Hooghly and Nadia – can be understood as a dynamic interplay of political patronage, play as rivalry and revelry, and finally piety. The article argues that in a strategic implementation of competitive Hindutva (Hin...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2023
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| In: |
Religion
Year: 2023, Volume: 53, Issue: 3, Pages: 406-430 |
| Further subjects: | B
competitive Hindutva
B Mamata Banerjee B Hindu festivals B urbanisation B small town India B West Bengal |
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