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This collection of fourteen essays and two perceptive introductions is the result of an International Conference on the theme ‘The Transition of Sikh Heritage?in?the?Diaspora’?held?at?the?University?of?Michigan?in?1994. The contributions are grouped under two sections, viz., ‘Heritage and Culture’?and?‘History?and?Politics?’ The presentations cover a wide range of significant academic issues such as religious orthodoxy versus fundamentalism, nationalism, economic and social mobility, gender awareness and cultural transmission and adaptations. The papers provide insights from various disciplines like history,?sociology,?anthropology,?political?science?and?religion. Given the continuing conflict over the nature of traditions and between opposing views of history and practice among Sikhs for over a century, the essays focus on the transmission of Sikh/Punjabi culture as well as current dilemmas?confronting?the?Sikh?diaspora. While most of the essays deal with the content of tradition and the message as well as the means of transmission, the study of Singapore Sikhs provides the most detailed account of the relationship between the two. Ritual, historical interpretation, authority and creative responses to changing circumstances are issues that do not lend themselves to easy solutions. Yet an open exchange of ideas and alternatives should hopefully reduce tension and ultimately lead to a resolution of differences acceptable to Sikhs as a whole. This volume makes a positive contribution towards that process.

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Author:   Pashaura Singh ,  N. Gerald Barrier ,  Pashuara Singh
Publisher:   Manohar Publishers and Distributors
Imprint:   Manohar Publishers and Distributors
Weight:   0.800kg
ISBN:  

9788173041556

ISBN 10:   8173041555
Pages:   312
Publication Date:   15 June 2025
Audience:   General/trade ,  College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  General ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Hardback
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Table of Contents

Acknowledgements vii Introduction I 3 — PASHAURA SINGH Introduction II 11 — N. GERALD BARRIER Section One: HERITAGE AND CULTURE Chapter One High Mountain Pilgrimage: The Sikh Journey to 23 — Hemkund Sahib GURUDHARM SINGH KHALSA Chapter Two Gender and the Sikh Path 37 — W.H. McLEoD Chapter Three Gender Issues in Sikh Studies: Hermeneutics of Affirmation or Hermeneutics of Suspicion? — DORIS R. JAKOBSH Chapter Four Notes on Space, Cartography, and Gender 73 — BRIAN KEITH AXEL Chapter Five """"Flawed Transmission?"""": Punjabi Pioneers in California 97 — KAREN LEONARD Chapter Six Socializing Sikhs in Singapore: Soliciting the State's Support 113 — VERNE A. DUSENBERY Chapter Seven Observing the Khalsa Rahit in North America: Some Issues and Trends — PASHAURA SINGH Chapter Eight The Taunt in Popular Sikh Martyrologies — Louis E. FENECH 177 Section Two: HISTORY AND POLITICS Chapter Nine The Formulation and Transmission of Sikh Tradition: 193 Competing Organizations and Ideology, 1902-1925 — N. GERALD BARRIER Chapter Ten Reconstruction of Recent Sikh Past and the Diaspora 213 — MOHINDER SINGH Chapter Eleven The Punjabi Diaspora in the UK and the Punjab Crisis 227 — SHINDER THANDI Chapter Twelve Academic Scholarship and Sikhism: Conflict or 253 Legitimization — ARTHUR W. HELWEG Chapter Thirteen The Fate of Sikh Studies in North America 269 — JOSEPH T. O'CONNELL Glossary 289 Conference Participants 297 Notes on Contributors 301

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Paushaura Singh is Professor and Saini Chair in Sikh Studies; and co-Chair, Sikh Studies Group of AAR, University of California, Riverside, California, USA. N. Gerald Barrier was Professor of history at the University of Missouri Columbia, USA. He wrote and edited several publications including Banned: Controversial Literature and Political Control in British India 1907-1947 (1976); The Census in British India: New Perspectives (1981) and India and America: American Publishing on India 1930-1985 (1986). He passed away in 2010.

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