The Battle for Sabarimala: Religion, Law, and Gender in Contemporary India. By Das Acevedo, Deepa. New Delhi: Oxford University Press, 2023.
Document Type
Book Review
Publication Date
9-2024
ISSN
0023-9216
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Language
en-US
Abstract
Should the Sabarimala temple in Kerala be permitted to bar women of child-bearing age from entry? That is perhaps the simplest phrasing of the dispute at the heart of Deepa Das Acevedo’s wide-ranging and surprisingly entertaining book. Page after page, though, with the engrossing momentum of narrative nonfiction, Das Acevedo complicates that simplicity, approaching the issue from different social positions, historical periods and legal provisions to reveal the many intricately imbricated stories needed to understand – which is not to say resolve – the conflict.
Recommended Citation
Anya Bernstein,
The Battle for Sabarimala: Religion, Law, and Gender in Contemporary India. By Das Acevedo, Deepa. New Delhi: Oxford University Press, 2023.
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58
Law & Society Review
541
(2024).
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