Title Rural Nostalgias and Transnational Dreams : Identity and Modernity Among Jat Sikhs

Published Toronto : University of Toronto Press, 2014

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Description 1 online resource (317 pages) Series Anthropological Horizons Anthropological horizons. Contents Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Note on Identity Terms; Prologue; 1 Introduction: Jat Sikh Locations and the Bahu Ethnographer; 2 Farming, Family and Faith: Elements of Jat Sikh Identity; 3 Good Families: Marriage, Gender, and Middle-Class, Jat Community; 4 Good Fortunes: Education, Class, and National Contingencies; 5 Unities and Schisms in Jat Sikh Identity; 6 The Rural Imaginary; 7 A Wedding Phulkari and Other Gifts; Epilogue; Glossary; A; B; C; D; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; P; Q; R; S; T; V; Y; Z; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U Summary Rural Nostalgias and Transnational Dreams examines the formation and meaning of Jat Sikh identity in the contemporary Indian city Notes Print version record Subject Sikhs -- India -- Social conditions Jats -- India -- Social conditions Sikhs -- India -- Ethnic identity Jats -- India -- Ethnic identity Rural conditions Sikhs -- Ethnic identity Sikhs -- Social conditions SUBJECT Punjab (India) -- Rural conditions Subject India India -- Punjab Form Electronic book ISBN 9781442694934 1442694939

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