{"product_id":"9781438468075","title":"Hindu Pasts: Women, Religion, Histories","description":"\u003ci\u003eChallenges the monolithic view of Hindusim 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\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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.","brand":"State University of New York Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47128270176496,"sku":"9781438468075","price":90.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781438468075_p0.jpg?v=1763756859","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781438468075","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}