Mind, body, and society : life and mentality in colonial Bengal

Review "We must be thankful that Oxford University Press has seen fit to publish a volume of historical papers which actually raise questions, probe deeply into available sources, reason objectively and honestly without total submission to irrelevant ideologies external to the material, and arrive atconclusions which are derived refreshingly from the evidence or what we are unashamedly, once called "facts." Incredible as it seems, Mind, Body, and Society contains hundreds and hundreds of endnotes and an impressive list of biliographical sources in English and Bengali."--Journal of the AmericanOriental Society Product Description This book explores the various levels of mentality in a colonial society, especially with regard to gender, sex, and the young. The authors address the experiences of children at school and adolescents at college, as well as the confrontations of Bhadralok, Baul, and Mullah, and the mutedvoices of women in purdah. About the Author Rajat Kanta Ray, Professor and Head of the Department of History, Presidency College, Calcutta.