Sikhs Across Borders: Transnational Practices of European Sikhs Contributor(s): Jacobsen, Knut a. (Editor), Myrvold, Kristina (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1472529979 ISBN-13: 9781472529978 Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic OUR PRICE: $51.43 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 2014 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Religion | Sikhism |
Dewey: 294.609 |
Physical Information: 0.6" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (0.9 lbs) 240 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Sikhs Across Borders is the first study to explore patterns of transnational practices among European Sikhs, with particular focus on the links between the Sikhs in Europe, Punjab (the 'home-land') and within a global Sikh community. The book illustrates how local and transnational spheres coexist and interact in a multitude of social and cultural practices and discourses among European Sikhs with the homeland, as well as Sikhs in other parts of the world. The team of international contributors show how Sikhs are shaping new self-representations and identity constructions through a multitude of transnational practices on the individual, national and global level, such as marriages, pilgrimage narratives, and the use of the internet and new media. Further transnational practices examined include religious learning and teaching practices and responses to political events in the diaspora. |