Making virtuous daughters and wives: An introduction to women's Brata rituals in Bengali Folk religion

Making Virtuous Daughters and Wives: An Introduction to Women's Brata Rituals in Bengali Folk Religion

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 1-131

  McDaniel, June ^a  

^a College of Charleston ^*  (United States)

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