{"product_id":"middle-class-dharma-jennifer-d-ortegren-9780197530795","title":"Middle-Class Dharma: Women, Aspiration, and the Making of Contemporary Hinduism","description":"\u003cem\u003eMiddle-Class Dharma \u003c\/em\u003eis a contemporary ethnography of class mobility among Hindus in Udaipur, Rajasthan, India. Focusing on women in Pulan, an emerging middle-class neighborhood of Udaipur, Jennifer D. Ortegren argues that upward class mobility is not just a socio-economic process, but also a religious one. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCentral to Hindu women's upward class mobility is negotiating \u003cem\u003edharma\u003c\/em\u003e, the moral and ethical groundings of Hindu worlds. As women experiment with middle-class consumer and lifestyle practices, they navigate tensions around what is possible and what is appropriate--that is, what is \u003cem\u003edharmic\u003c\/em\u003e--as middle-class Hindu women. Ortegren shows how these women strategically align emerging middle-class desires with more traditional religious obligations in ways that enable them to generate new \u003cem\u003edharmic \u003c\/em\u003eboundaries and religious selfhoods in the middle classes. Such transitions can be as joyful as they are difficult and disorienting. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cem\u003eMiddle-Class Dharma\u003c\/em\u003e explores how contemporary Hindu women's everyday practices reimagine and reshape Hindu traditions. By developing \u003cem\u003edharma \u003c\/em\u003eas an analytical category and class as a \u003cem\u003edharmic\u003c\/em\u003e category, Ortegren pushes for expanding definitions of religion in academia, both within and beyond the study of Hinduism in South Asia.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jennifer D. Ortegren\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0197530796\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780197530795\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/28\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.25lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.31h x 6.36w x 1.08d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/01\/2024","brand":"Jennifer D. Ortegren","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44074718134527,"sku":"9780197530795","price":110.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_63c6cc56-ff21-4926-a870-dfcdd3bdaf27.jpg?v=1685455369","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/middle-class-dharma-jennifer-d-ortegren-9780197530795","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}