Latika Gupta is Assistant Professor at the Central Institute of Education, University of Delhi. She completed her doctorate at the Central Institute of Education, University of Delhi, where she has been teaching courses in educational theory and pedagogy. She has been a Fulbright Fellow at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. Her published research focuses on socialization, religious identity and child rights.

[The book] gives us a richly detailed and insightful understanding of the lives of young women in a deeply religious community, of the complexities of and challenges involved in both 'becoming a woman and becoming religious' within this tradition and this neighborhood and school. This book is not only a fine piece of academic work, but it deserves a wide public readership as well. - Michael W. Apple, John Bascom Professor of Education, University of Wisconsin, Madison This is a closely researched and closely argued work, which makes an original contribution to the sociology of education. I was particularly impressed by the lucidity of the presentation. The author never lapses into jargon - analysis and evidence are integrated into a seamless whole. - Ramachandra Guha, historian and biographer

• Figures. Tables. Abbreviations. Preface. Foreword 1. Introduction 2. Identity, Self and Religion 3. Ethos as a Gendering Device 4. Articulated Discourse 5. Four Facets of Identity 6. Conclusion. About the Author. Bibliography. Index

Latika Gupta is Assistant Professor at the Central Institute of Education, University of Delhi. She completed her doctorate at the Central Institute of Education, University of Delhi, where she has been teaching courses in educational theory and pedagogy. She has been a Fulbright Fellow at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. Her published research focuses on socialization, religious identity and child rights.

[The book] gives us a richly detailed and insightful understanding of the lives of young women in a deeply religious community, of the complexities of and challenges involved in both 'becoming a woman and becoming religious' within this tradition and this neighborhood and school. This book is not only a fine piece of academic work, but it deserves a wide public readership as well. - Michael W. Apple, John Bascom Professor of Education, University of Wisconsin, Madison This is a closely researched and closely argued work, which makes an original contribution to the sociology of education. I was particularly impressed by the lucidity of the presentation. The author never lapses into jargon - analysis and evidence are integrated into a seamless whole. - Ramachandra Guha, historian and biographer

• Figures. Tables. Abbreviations. Preface. Foreword 1. Introduction 2. Identity, Self and Religion 3. Ethos as a Gendering Device 4. Articulated Discourse 5. Four Facets of Identity 6. Conclusion. About the Author. Bibliography. Index

Latika Gupta is Assistant Professor at the Central Institute of Education, University of Delhi. She completed her doctorate at the Central Institute of Education, University of Delhi, where she has been teaching courses in educational theory and pedagogy. She has been a Fulbright Fellow at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. Her published research focuses on socialization, religious identity and child rights.

[The book] gives us a richly detailed and insightful understanding of the lives of young women in a deeply religious community, of the complexities of and challenges involved in both 'becoming a woman and becoming religious' within this tradition and this neighborhood and school. This book is not only a fine piece of academic work, but it deserves a wide public readership as well. - Michael W. Apple, John Bascom Professor of Education, University of Wisconsin, Madison This is a closely researched and closely argued work, which makes an original contribution to the sociology of education. I was particularly impressed by the lucidity of the presentation. The author never lapses into jargon - analysis and evidence are integrated into a seamless whole. - Ramachandra Guha, historian and biographer

• Figures. Tables. Abbreviations. Preface. Foreword 1. Introduction 2. Identity, Self and Religion 3. Ethos as a Gendering Device 4. Articulated Discourse 5. Four Facets of Identity 6. Conclusion. About the Author. Bibliography. Index