Brian Keith Axel

The Nation's Tortured Body

Violence, Representation, and the Formation of a Sikh Diaspora

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Produktbeschreibung

"Historical anthropology at its best, "The Nation's Tortured Body" explores the history and politics of the Sikhs in a complex, and contested, transnational context. Axel's book evocatively charts the ways in which the crossing and marking of boundaries have shaped the foundational identities of a diasporic community, providing a graphic illustration of the multiple meanings of the idea of 'homeland' in our contemporary postcolonial world."--Nicholas B. Dirks, Columbia University

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Duke University Press
• Seitenzahl: 312
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. Februar 2001
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 233mm x 154mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 535g
• ISBN-13: 9780822326151
• ISBN-10: 0822326159
• Artikelnr.: 21050981

Autorenporträt

Brian Keith Axel is Assistant Professor of Anthropology at Swarthmore College. He is the editor of From the Margins: Historical Anthropology and Its Futures, also published by Duke University Press.

Inhaltsangabe

List of Figures vii
Acknowledgments ix
Introduction: Promise and Threat 1
1: The Maharaja's Glorious Body 39
2: The Restricted Zone 79
3: The Tortured Body 121
4: Glassy Junction 158
5: The Homeland 197
Conclusion 224
Notes 237
Bibliography 263
Index 291