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In Their Own Words

June McDaniel, PhD’86

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  • Making Virtuous Daughters and Wives: An Introduction to Women's Brata Rituals in Bengali Folk Religion
  • ISBN 0791455653
  • State University of New York Press

This book presents interview data from fieldwork, along with brata (vrata) stories, songs, poems and ritual activities. It describes and analyzes the uses of the brata rituals in modern West Bengal.

Posted April 15, 2005