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Contemporary South Asian Dance
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Ganesha Festival
Granth Sahib
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Guru Granth Sahib
identity politics migration
Immigrant Religions
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Indian Classical Dance
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Majority Faith Traditions
minority faiths Europe
NGO's Leader
NGO’s Leader
Poor Handmaids
religious pluralism
Sikh Identity
Sikh Women
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South Asian Christians
South Asian religious practices Europe
sri
Sri Lankan
Sri Lankan Tamil
Sri Lankan Tamil Diaspora
Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
Syro Malabar Catholics
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Tamil Diaspora
Tamil Hindu
Tamil Immigrants
Tamil Nadu
Tamil Temples
transnational communities
Young Sikh Women
Younger Men
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- ISBN 9781409429739
- Weight: 657g
- Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 01 Jan 2014
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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Religious practices and their transformation are crucial elements of migrants' identities and are increasingly politicized by national governments in the light of perceived threats to national identity. As new immigrant flows shape religious pluralism in Europe, longstanding relations between the State and Church are challenged, together with majority-faith traditions and societies’ ways of representing and perceiving themselves. With attention to variations according to national setting, this volume explores the process of reformulating religious identities and practices amongst South Asian 'communities' in European contexts, Presenting a wide range of ethnographies, including studies of Hinduism, Sikhism, Jainism and Islam amongst migrant communities in contexts as diverse as Norway, Italy, the UK, France and Portugal, Migration and Religion in Europe sheds light on the meaning of religious practices to diasporic communities. It examines the manner in which such practices can be used by migrants and local societies to produce distance or proximity, as well as their political significance in various 'host' nations. Offering insights into the affirmation of national identities and cultures and the implications of this for governance and political discourse within Europe, this book will appeal to scholars with interests in anthropology, religion and society, migration, transnationalism and gender.
Ester Gallo is Assistant Professor of Social Anthropology in the Department of Sociology at the University of Gediz, Izmir, Turkey.
