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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
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Duke University Press
Copyright:
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
Enacting Ghosts: New Spirits, New Rituals
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Published:July 2024
Chapter 4 catalogs new social rituals and literary forms that instituted the new ghosts and explores the ways in which the new ghosts become dominant over the old. It tries to understand the historical outcomes of death and of death rituals becoming concerns for colonial governability.
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