Hindu Pasts: Women, Religion, Histories

By Vasudha Dalmia

Book Overview

Challenges 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.

In her introduction to Hindu Pasts-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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1438468067
• ISBN13: 9781438468068
• Release Date: January 2019
• Publisher: State University of New York Press
• Length: 390 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.9" x 8.9"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher