{"product_id":"hindu-pasts-women-religion-histories-9781438468068","title":"Hindu Pasts: Women, Religion, Histories","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Vasudha Dalmia\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: State University of New York Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: State University of New York Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Asia - South - General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChallenges the monolithic view of Hinduism in the nineteenth century, and instead offers a vision of India that contains a rich multiplicity of Hinduisms, women's stories, and cultural histories.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn her introduction to \u003ci\u003eHindu Pasts\u003c\/i\u003e-which showcases her work as a scholar of social, literary, and religious history-Vasudha Dalmia outlines the central ideas which thread her writings: first, to understand in greater historical depth the relationship between body language, religion, and society in India, as well as the ever-changing role of its religious and social institutions; second, to recognize that the Hindu tradition, which colonials and nationalists tend to see as monolithic, is in fact a multiplicity of distinct and semi-autonomous strands.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Atlantic Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46458412105879,"sku":"9781438468068","price":4346.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781438468068.webp?v=1769185398","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/hindu-pasts-women-religion-histories-9781438468068","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}