{"product_id":"the-last-devadasi-barbara-l-baer-9781948598088","title":"The Last Devadasi","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePassionate and forbidden love clashes with tradition and caste in a changing India.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKamala Kumari is more than a Gemini Studio starlet: she's a classical dancer trained in the age-old line of Devadasis, a caste set in place a thousand years ago when girls were first dedicated in south Indian temples to serve the gods and men. From the promise of art and devotion, the sacred dancers fell into the hands of priests who both exalted and betrayed them. Beautiful, brilliant and proud, Kamala struggles to escape the old ways, entangling her Indian assistant, Dutch lover, and his young American wife.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith its turbulent passions amid social upheavals, The Last Devadasi takes readers on a sensual feast in the 1970s palm-shaded trading city of Madras.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Barbara L. Baer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1948598086\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781948598088\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Open Books Publishing (UK)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/06\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 212\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.48d","brand":"Barbara L. Baer","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43940343939327,"sku":"9781948598088","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_69b5aafc-d5fb-4ee0-9bc7-427a6eef8554.jpg?v=1681446653","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-last-devadasi-barbara-l-baer-9781948598088","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}