Nicola Mooney

Rural Nostalgias and Transnational Dreams

Identity and Modernity Among Jat Sikhs

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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

Nicola Mooney is a senior associate with the Centre for Indo-Canadian Studies and teaches in the Department of Social, Cultural, and Media Studies at the University of the Fraser Valley..

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