Annu Jalais' ethnography of the Sundarbans mangrove delta straddling India and Bangladesh, published by Routledge in 2010. Jalais, an anthropologist, examines the honey collectors and woodcutters who work the tiger infested forest and the shared veneration, across Hindu and Muslim communities alike, of the forest guardian Bonbibi and her contest with the tiger demon Dakshin Rai. Its strength is direct fieldwork among the forest workers whose livelihood the Bonbibi cult protects. Its limit is a primary focus on the Indian side of the delta.
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AuthorAnnu Jalais
PublisherRoutledge
Publication Year2010
Source Typeacademic monograph
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Reliability Tier1
A university press ethnography from a named anthropologist based on direct fieldwork among the Sundarbans forest workers whose practice the book documents. Connections
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This source names Bangladesh directly: "mangrove delta straddling India and Bangladesh, published by Routledge in 2010."
Source Forest of Tigers: People, Politics and Environment in the Sundarbans (Jalais)Annu Jalais
This source names Bonbibi directly: "alike, of the forest guardian Bonbibi and her contest with the tiger demon Dakshin Rai."
Source Forest of Tigers: People, Politics and Environment in the Sundarbans (Jalais)Annu Jalais
Claims Backed By This Source (18 claims)
This source backs 18 claims across the atlas. As facts: 12 well-attested. As cited relationships: 3 holds, 2 connected. Plus 1 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
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- Deities, 10 claims: 6 well-attested, 1 holds, 2 connected, 1 general references.
- Sources, 8 claims: 6 well-attested, 2 holds.
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