The Hour of the goddess : memories of women, food and ritual in Bengal / Chitrita Banerji

By:

Banerji, Chitrita

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New Delhi : Penguin Books, 2006Description: 144p, 20cmISBN:

014400142X

Subject(s):

Bengal (India) -- Social life and customs
Cookery, Indic
Food habits -- India -- Bengal
Hinduism -- Religious life and customs
Women -- India -- Bengal -- Social conditions

DDC classification:

394.1095414 BAN

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
Book	Calcutta	394.1095414 BAN (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		IIMC-121315

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Combining cultural insight, personal anecdote and recipes, this work examines the complex connection between gender and food preparation, and the intricate relationship between food, ritual and art in Bengal. It takes the reader on a journey that spans the author's personal growth from girlhood to womanhood in Calcutta.

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