Ebook: Hindu Pasts: Women, Religion, Histories
Author: Dalmia Vasudha
- Genre: Religion
- Tags: Hinduism -- India -- History -- 19th century, Vaishnavism -- India -- History, Hindu women -- Religious life -- India, Hindi fiction -- 19th century -- History and criticism, Hindi literature -- Colonial influence, Hindi fiction, Hindu women -- Religious life, Hinduism, Vaishnavism, India
- Series: Hedgehog and fox (Series)
- Year: 2015
- Publisher: Permanent Black in association with Ashoka University
- City: India
- Language: English
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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.
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