Title The Sikh diaspora in Vancouver : three generations amid tradition, modernity, and multiculturalism / Kamala Elizabeth Nayar

Published Toronto, Ont. : University of Toronto Press, [2004] ©2004

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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 276 pages) Series Canadian Social History Series Canadian social history series. Contents From Punjabi villages to a Canadian metropolis -- Communication among three generations: reflections on orality, literacy, and analytics -- Family relations among three generations: duty, role playing, and independence, Part 1 -- Family relations among three generations: duty, role playing, and independence, Part 2 -- Religion among the three generations: oral transmission of customs, reading about the Sikh tradition, and inquiry into Sikhism -- Community honour among three generations: social controls, cultural preservation, and ethnic insulariyt, Part 1 -- Community honour among three generations: social control, cultural preservation, and ethnic insularity, Part 2 -- Conclusion: Canadian Sikhs amid modernity and multiculturalism Summary "Canadian Sikh have been great changes in their communities, which are primarily concentrated in larger urban centres, especially Vancouver and the British Columbia Lower Mainland. In The Sikh Diaspora in Vancouver, Kamala Elizabeth Nayar illustrates the transition of Sikh social culture as it moves from small Punjabi villages to a Canadian metropolis." "The result of an analysis of the beliefs and attitudes among three generations of the Sikh community, the book highlights differences and tensions with regard to familial relations, child rearing, and religion. In exploring these tensions, Nayar focuses particularly on the younger generation, and underlines the role of Sikh youth as a catalyst for change within the community. She also examines the Sikh community as it functions and interacts with mainstream Canadian society in the light of modernity and multiculturalism, exploring the change, or lack thereof, in attitudes about the functioning of the community, the role of multicultural organizations and the media, continuity in traditional customs, modifications in behaviour patterns, and changes in values."--Jacket Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-268) and index Notes English Print version record Subject Sikhs -- British Columbia -- Vancouver -- Social conditions Sikhs -- Cultural assimilation -- British Columbia -- Vancouver Intergenerational relations -- British Columbia -- Vancouver Sikhs -- British Columbia -- Vancouver -- Interviews Sikh diaspora. SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural. SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Discrimination & Race Relations. SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Ethnic Studies -- General. SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Minority Studies. Ethnic relations Intergenerational relations Sikh diaspora Sikhs Sikhs -- Cultural assimilation Sikhs -- Social conditions Sikh Multikulturelle Gesellschaft Akkulturation Sikhs. Immigranten. Culturele minderheden. Sikh. Multikulturelle Gesellschaft. Akkulturation. SUBJECT Vancouver (B.C.) -- Ethnic relations Vancouver (B.C.) -- Biography Subject British Columbia -- Vancouver Vancouver British Columbia Vancouver (B.C.) Genre/Form Electronic books Biographies Interviews Biographies. Biographies. Form Electronic book ISBN 9781442682368 1442682361 1281992593 9781281992598 9786611992590 6611992596

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