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Sikhs at large : religion, culture, and politics in global perspective

Title
Sikhs at large : religion, culture, and politics in global perspective / Verne A. Dusenbery.
Author
Dusenbery, Verne A.
Publication
New Delhi : Oxford University Press, 2008.

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Description
x, 337 pages; 22 cm
Subject
  • Sikh diaspora
  • Sikhs > Foreign countries
  • Sikhs > Cultural assimilation > Foreign countries
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Punjabi Sikhs and Gora Sikhs: conflicting assertions of Sikh identity in North America -- On the moral sensitivities of Sikhs in North America -- The word as Guru: Sikh scripture and the translation controversy -- A Sikh "diaspora"? contested identities and constructed realities -- "Nation" or "world religion"? master narratives of Sikh identity -- "Through wisdom, dispense charity": religious and cultural underpinnings of diasporan Sikh philanthropy in Punjab -- Canadian ideology and public policy: the impact on Vancouver Sikh ethnic and religious adaptation -- Socializing Sikhs in Singapore: soliciting the state's support -- The poetics and politics of recognition: diasporan Sikhs in pluralist polities -- Diasporic imagings and the conditions of possibility: Sikhs and the state in Southeast Asia -- Sikh positionings in Australia and the "diaspora" concept -- Who speaks for Sikhs in the diaspora? collective representation in multicultural states
ISBN
  • 0195685989
  • 9780195685985
LCCN
2008307185
OCLC
  • ocn181068344
  • 181068344
  • SCSB-5443752
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries