Nicola Mooney

Rural Nostalgias and Transnational Dreams

Identity and Modernity Among Jat Sikhs

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Rural Nostalgias and Transnational Dreams examines the formation and meaning of Jat Sikh identity in the contemporary Indian city.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Toronto Press
• Seitenzahl: 336
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. September 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 158mm x 26mm
• Gewicht: 599g
• ISBN-13: 9780802092571
• ISBN-10: 0802092578
• Artikelnr.: 23369918

Autorenporträt

By Nicola Mooney

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements
Glossary of Punjabi Terms
Note on Identity Terms
Prologue
1. Introduction: Jat Sikh Locations and the Bahu Ethnographer
2. Farming, Family and Faith: Elements of Jat Sikh Identity
3. Good Families: Marriage, Gender and Middle Class Jat Community
4. Good Fortunes: Education, Class and National Contingencies among Jats
5. Unities and Schisms in Jat Sikh Identity
6. The Rural Imaginary
7. A Wedding Phulkari and Other Gifts
8. Modern Jat Identities: Some Conclusions
Epilogue
Endnotes
Bibliography
Index