{"product_id":"ascetics-as-activists-koushiki-dasgupta-9781350448988","title":"Ascetics As Activists: Saffron Women of Hindu Nationalism","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eAscetics as Activists\u003c\/i\u003eexamines the position of the female ascetics or sadhvis within the right-wing Hindu nationalist discourse in India\u003c\/b\u003e. This open access book calls attention to the role of religion in gendered identity formation and political activism of the female ascetics in reference to the project of Hindutva in contemporary India. Ignoring disciplinary divisions, this book cuts through history, politics, and gender studies to explore an authentic perspective of asceticism, activism, spirituality, and masculinity as these have been constituted in the representation of female ascetics within the Hindutva movement. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis book is the first attempt to examine the implications of gender activism and political activism of the female ascetics working at the forefront of the Hindu-Right and the ways these ascetics incorporated a range of approaches from radicalism to emancipatory in the configuration of Hindutva in India.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe ebook editions of this book are available open access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 licence on bloomsburycollections.com. Open access was funded by the Bloomsbury Open Collections Library Collective.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Koushiki Dasgupta\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1350448982\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781350448988\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Academic\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/12\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 216\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.06lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.56d","brand":"Koushiki Dasgupta","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47244113510655,"sku":"9781350448988","price":115.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_54decf32-d236-4f20-9190-220a434d83c9.jpg?v=1758134970","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/ascetics-as-activists-koushiki-dasgupta-9781350448988","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}