The Book
The rituals and narratives of Gajan dominate the spring season in the villages of Bengal. It is a ritual of the common village people created from indigenous sources and heavily laden with symbols of fertilization and reproduction. Rites of Spring analyzes the meaning of these narratives and their social and historical contexts.
The Author(s)
Ralph Nicholas is Emeritus Professor of Anthropology and the Social Sciences at the University of Chicago. David Curley is Associate Professor in the Department of Liberal Studies at Western Washington University.