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Title: | Social Construction of Motherhood through the Iconography of Devi Shasthi: The Goddess of Fertility |
Other Titles: | Social Trends, A Peer-reviewed National Journal, Vol. 8, 31-March-2021, pp 230 - 245 |
Authors: | Sarkar, Suparna |
Keywords: | Motherhood Iconography worship of Shasthi in Bengal Social construction of motherhood narratives on Shasthi Iconography of Shasthi |
Issue Date: | 31-Mar-2021 |
Publisher: | University of North Bengal |
Abstract: | In Bengal, Shasthi-Broto (worship of Goddess Shasthi) is popularly practised by married women for long life and well-being of children. The Broto rites involve the ritual narrative (Broto-Katha) associated with the Broto, which defines motherhood by a set of normative social roles that are assigned to a woman. Motherhood is an idealized status given to a woman from time immemorial. A woman becomes a mother not only by the biological act of delivering a child but also by conforming to the expected role assigned by the society. Mothering may be viewed medically as giving birth to a new born baby nurtured in the womb but sociologically it refers to an expression of a culture which embodies a value system that society assigns to a woman. Thus, the concept of motherhood is a social construction. In this paper, I will explore this social construction of motherhood by analyzing the iconography and narratives of Devi Shasthi the goddess of fertility among the Hindus. |
URI: | http://ir.nbu.ac.in/handle/123456789/4170 |
ISSN: | 2348-6538 |
Appears in Collections: | Vol. 08 (March 2021) |
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