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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Sumanta Banerjee

Sumanta Banerjee

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