{"product_id":"rebels-wives-saints-tanika-sarkar-9781906497293","title":"Rebels, Wives, Saints: Designing Selves and Nations in Colonial Times","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eRebels, Wives, Saints\u003c\/i\u003e, acclaimed scholar Tanika Sarkar continues her revolutionary scholarship on women, religion, and nationhood in colonial Bengal. The colonial universe Sarkar describes in \u003ci\u003eRebels, Wives, Saints\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThroughout 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Tanika Sarkar\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 190649729X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781906497293\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Seagull Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/15\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 356\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.27lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.60h x 5.70w x 1.30d","brand":"Tanika Sarkar","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44365295288575,"sku":"9781906497293","price":29.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_a2121197-3845-4247-a4dd-0d6ce8178968.jpg?v=1697057724","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/rebels-wives-saints-tanika-sarkar-9781906497293","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}