Sumanta Banerjee

Born and educated in Culcutta, Sumanta Banerjee specializes in research on popular culture and the social history of nineteenth-century Bengal. His published works include The Parlour and the Streets: Elite and Popular Culture in Nineteenth-Century Culcutta, Dangerous Outcast: The Prostitute in Nineteenth-Century Bengal and Logic in a Popular Form: Essays on Popular Religion in Bengal.

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Gautam Bhatia

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Aijaz Ahmad

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Jun-ichi Okabe

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K. N. Panikkar

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Ruth Rosengarten

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Joel Kovel

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Ari Sitas

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Sumanta Banerjee

Sumanta Banerjee

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