Laughter and subjectivity: the self-ironical tradition in Bengali literature
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The role of literary self-irony in the construction of the Bengali self is discussed. Topics include literary humor in earlier Bengali literature, Bankimchandra's 'Kamalakanta,' the self-ironical tradition in Tagore, Sukumar Ray's 'Aboltabol' and the meaning of nonsense, and dreams of an other self as a different way of thinking about the Bengali self.
Publication Name: Modern Asian Studies
Subject: Regional focus/area studies
ISSN: 0026-749X
Year: 2000
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Atheists, gurus and fanatics: Rabindranath Tagore's 'Chaturanga' (1916)
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The novella 'Chaturanga' by Rabindranath Tagore is discussed. Topics include the Bengali social context of the ideas expressed in the book, possible real-life models for some of the characters, Tagore's view of Ramakrishna Paramahansa, and the theme of struggle against false gods and false gurus.
Publication Name: Modern Asian Studies
Subject: Regional focus/area studies
ISSN: 0026-749X
Year: 2000
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The Indian heirarchy: culture, ideology and consciousness in Bengali village politics
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The author argues the political structure of villages in Bengal, India, have a more complex structure than is generally acknowledged. Evidence for fluid, changing roles contest the simplistic divisions of "uneducated," "rural," "peasant" and "subaltern" that have dominated earlier discussion.
Publication Name: Modern Asian Studies
Subject: Regional focus/area studies
ISSN: 0026-749X
Year: 1999
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