Women's Batra Rituals - Couverture rigide

Basaka, Sila

 
9788121208970: Women's Batra Rituals

Synopsis

Community Development Programmes meant for the Upliftment of rural masses. Their problems have arisen due to various social factors such as the very nature off CDP, the roles assigned to these employees, the prevailing socio-economic situation in rural area, the constraints of the social structure, the Bureaucratic fame-work in which they have to work, the sex-role norms and the like. Thus the volume brings to light one more aspect of the problem of rural development the hitherto unexplored., About The Author:- Dr. Sila Basak Ph.D., D. Lit., FRAS(London) was Born in 1947, Kolkata, India. Working as an academic, attached to the Dept. of Folklore and language studies with various Universities. She is also associated with the training and research programmes in Folkloristics with diffirent institutions both India and abroad. She is the author of a number of books and research papers on the various aspect of Bengal's folklore and life including Women Brata Rituals, Bengali Culture and Society through its Riddles and Nakshi Kantha of Bengal (Embroidered Quilt of Bengal). She lives with her family in Kolkata., Contents:- List of Photographs · Preface · Brata: Meaning and Origin · Brata Ways and Customs · Brata: Wishes, Ingredients, Rules · Brata: The Alpana and Rhymes · Classification of Bratas · Brata: Folk Tales · Brata: Bengali Poetry in the Old and Middle Ages · Brata: Sociological Analysis · Various Bratas · Brata: District-wise Observance · Brata: Other States and Neighbours · Brata: Comparisons · Field Survey · Motif Index in Brata Narrations · List of Popular Bratas Observed in India · Bibliography · Index

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