The Social Construction of Motherhood in Bengali Folklore

Four contexts are identified in Bengali folklore where the word mā (meaning ‘mother’) is used. The first involves a situation of basic and biologically prompted kinship. The second and the third describe situations within the extended family and the community, where the use of the same word contribu...

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Main Authors: Sraboni Chatterjee, Pranab Chatterjee
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sciendo 2015-06-01
Series:Journal of Ethnology and Folkloristics
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Online Access:https://www.jef.ee/index.php/journal/article/view/165
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