Nicola Mooney

Rural Nostalgias and Transnational Dreams (eBook, PDF)

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.

MooneyNicola:

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..

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Toronto Press
• Seitenzahl: 336
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. April 2017
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781442694934
• Artikelnr.: 52754344

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