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Sikh Diaspora : Theory, Agency, and Experience

1st ed.

Leiden : BRILL, 2013 [©2013]

1 online resource (437 pages)

Englisch

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Erscheint auch als: (Druck-Ausgabe)

978-90-04-25723-8

978-90-04-25260-8 (ISBN der Printausgabe)

767451147

BE 1660  | BE 8082  | MS 3600      Ähnliche Literatur

DS432 .S5 S4394 2013

305.6/946

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LOC-SH: Electronic books

Punjab (India) ; Emigration and immigration ; Sikh diaspora ; Sikhs ; Cultural assimilation ; Foreign countries ; Sikhs ; Foreign countries ; Electronic books

Sikh Diaspora: Theory, Agency, and Experience is a collection of essays offering new insights into the diverse experiences of Sikhs beyond the Punjab. The essays in this volume engage with diaspora theory, agency, space, social relations, and aesthetics.

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Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- List of Images and Table -- List of Contributors -- Introduction Sikh Diaspora: Theory, Agency, and Experience -- Part One Method and Theory: Conceptualizing Diasporic Agency and Experiences -- The Underbelly of Diaspora Criticism -- Interrogating the Homeland-Diaspora Construct -- Band Le Gandari (Tie Up Your Bundle): Unpartitioned Memory Cultures -- Part Two Agency: Individualizing Diasporic Experiences -- My Dinner in Calgary: Sikh Diaspora in the Making -- Religion, Resiliency, and Citizenship: The Journey of a Vancouver Sikh Pioneer -- A Turban in a White, Republican Haystack: Sikh American Politicization and Multiracial Coalition-Building in Suburban Chicago -- Part Three Space: Locating Diasporic Experiences -- The Other Sikhs: Bridging Their Diaspora -- Other Accommodations: Sikh Advocacy, Religious Architecture, and Cultural Preservation in Quebec -- Capitalizing on Identity and Mobility: Sikh Mercantile Activity across the Hong Kong-China Border -- Part Four Social Relations: Gendering Diasporic Experiences -- "Shady Character, Hidden Designs, and Masked Faces": Reflections on 'Vilayati' Sikh Mariages and Discourses of Abuse -- Gender, Ethnicity, and Social Relations in the Narratives of Elderly Sikh Men and Women -- Dancing in Diaspora Space: Bhangra, Caste, and Gender among Jat Sikhs -- Part Five Aesthetics: Performing Diasporic Experiences -- Translating the Guru's Words to Local and Global Contexts: Katha for Contemporary Sikh Communities -- Sikh Children's Literature in the Diaspora -- Sikh Kirtan in the Diaspora: Identity, Innovation, and Revivalism -- Index.