01255cam a2200217Ia 4500 971 971 9781906497293 190649729X 9788178243962 CUS 954 SAR/R Sarkar, Tanika, Rebels, wives, saints: designing selves and nations in colonial times / Tanika Sarkar. London ; New York : Seagull Books, 2009. ix, 347 p. ; 22 cm. Holy 'fire eaters' : why widow immolation became an issue in colonial Bengal -- Caste, sect, and hagiography : the Balakdashis of early modern Bengal -- Wicked widows : law and faith in nineteenth-century public sphere debates -- Performing power and troublesome plays : the early public theatre in colonial Bengal -- The birth of a goddess : Bankimchandra Chattopadhyaya's Anandamath -- Questioning nationalism : the difficulty writings of Rabindranath Tagore -- The child and the world : Rabindranath Tagore's ideas on education -- Tribals in colonial Bengal : Jitu Santal's rebellion in Malda. Revolutionaries India Bengal History. Women India Bengal. Widows (Hindu law) Bengal (India) History. India Politics and government WB16 0 0 0 0 1 1 GEN 2016-05-19 1 954 SAR/R P43388 2022-03-15 00:00:00 2021-03-26 WB16