Children of the goddess : devotion and female priesthood in Bengal (Record no. 66448)
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| fixed length control field | 01607nam a2200241 4500 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| ISBN | 9789386552532 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| ISBN | 9386552531 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| ISBN | 9789386552549 |
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| ISBN | 938655254X |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 294.5082095414 |
| Item number | MAR/C |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--AUTHOR NAME | |
| Personal name | Marine, Carrin |
| 240 10 - UNIFORM TITLE | |
| Uniform title | Enfants de la Déesse. |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Children of the goddess : devotion and female priesthood in Bengal |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication | Delhi |
| Name of publisher | Primus books |
| Year of publication | 1195 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Number of Pages | viii, 296 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : |
| Other physical details | illustrations (black and white) ; |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc | The women featured in this book Children of the Goddess: Devotion and Female Priesthood in Bengal live on the frontier between the tribal and the low-caste society in Bengal, and turn to religion in order to forge a new identity. Often rejected by their own community, and having lived through long and difficult personal crises some of them turn to religion to accultured identity. Some may succeed in becoming female priests, presiding over a Goddess shrine, having given up their femininity by ceasing to menstruate. As Parvati, the central personality of the book, puts it: Now I no longer need a child. I am the child of the Goddess, even as she innovates on the boundaries of Hinduism. The book provides a window to a little-known world where social marginality, subaltern assertion, the politics of gender, and the contestation between tribal religion and Hinduism merge to produce a unique perspective on popular Hinduism. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Women priests |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Hindu priests |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Hindu women |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
| Koha item type | BK |
| 001 - CONTROL NUMBER | |
| control field | 20419909 |
| 010 ## - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CONTROL NUMBER | |
| LC control number | 2017350927 |
| 952 ## - LOCATION AND ITEM INFORMATION (KOHA) | |
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| Collection code | Home library | Shelving location | Date acquired | Cost, normal purchase price | Full call number | Accession Number | Koha item type |
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| Stack | Kannur University Central Library | Stack | 01/04/2023 | 1195.00 | 294.5082095414 MAR/C | 59314 | BK |