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Ghostly Past, Capitalist Presence: A Social History of Fear in Colonial Bengal
Ghostly Past, Capitalist Presence: A Social History of Fear in Colonial Bengal
By
Tithi Bhattacharya
Tithi Bhattacharya

Tithi Bhattacharya is Associate Professor of History at Purdue University, author of The Sentinels of Culture: Class, Education, and the Colonial Intellectual in Bengal, 1848–1885, and coauthor of Feminism for the 99%: A Manifesto.

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DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1215/9781478059691
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This content is made freely available by the publisher. It may not be redistributed or altered. All rights reserved.
ISBN electronic:
978-1-4780-5969-1
Publication date:
2024
Book Chapter

“Undisciplined, Playful and Yet Bhadra”: Old Ghosts and Their Advocates in an Age of Enlightenment

Doi:
https://doi.org/10.1215/9781478059691-002
  • Published:
    July 2024

Chapter 1 traces the concrete differences between precolonial ghostly Beings and the colonial or modern Gothic ghosts, and it considers why a multifaith universe of ghosts, demons, and gods declined with the coming of the modern.

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