Transmission of the Sikh Heritage in the Diaspora
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- ISBN 9788173041556
- Weight: 800g
- Dimensions: 150 x 230mm
- Publication Date: 15 Jun 2025
- Publisher: Manohar Publishers and Distributors
- Publication City/Country: IN
- Product Form: Hardback
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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.
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.
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.
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.
