The Battle for Sabarimala - Religion, Law, and Gender in Contemporary India

The Battle for Sabarimala tells the story of one of contemporary India''s most contentious disputes: a long-running struggle over women''s access to the Hindu temple at Sabarimala. In this monograph-length study of the dispute, legal anthropologist Deepa Das Acevedo draws on ethnographic fieldwork, legal analysis, and media archives to tell a multi-faceted narrative about the ''ban on women'' in this temple in Southern India.