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dc.contributor.author | Sarkar, Suparna | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2021-11-01T18:46:01Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2021-11-01T18:46:01Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2021-03-31 | - |
dc.identifier.issn | 2348-6538 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://ir.nbu.ac.in/handle/123456789/4170 | - |
dc.description.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. | en_US |
dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
dc.publisher | University of North Bengal | en_US |
dc.subject | Motherhood | en_US |
dc.subject | Iconography | en_US |
dc.subject | worship of Shasthi in Bengal | en_US |
dc.subject | Social construction of motherhood | en_US |
dc.subject | narratives on Shasthi | en_US |
dc.subject | Iconography of Shasthi | en_US |
dc.title | Social Construction of Motherhood through the Iconography of Devi Shasthi: The Goddess of Fertility | en_US |
dc.title.alternative | Social Trends, A Peer-reviewed National Journal, Vol. 8, 31-March-2021, pp 230 - 245 | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |
Appears in Collections: | Vol. 08 (March 2021) |
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