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The Precarious Diasporas of Sikh and Ahmadiyya Generations: Violence, Memory, and Agency
Michael Nijhawan
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Hardback. Series: Religion and Global Migrations. Num Pages: 302 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 1KBC; HRAC; HRAM; HRH; HRKS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 158 x 27. Weight in Grams: 522.
This book examines the long-term effects of violence on the everyday cultural and religious practices of a younger generation of Ahmadis and Sikhs in Frankfurt, Germany and Toronto, Canada. Comparative in scope and the first to discuss contemporary articulations of Sikh and Ahmadiyya identities within a single frame of reference, the book assembles a significant range of empirical data gathered over ten years of ethnographic fieldwork. In its focus on precarious sites of identity formation, the volume engages with cutting-edge theories in the fields of critical diaspora studies, migration and refugee studies, religion, secularism, and politics. It presents a novel ... Read more
This book examines the long-term effects of violence on the everyday cultural and religious practices of a younger generation of Ahmadis and Sikhs in Frankfurt, Germany and Toronto, Canada. Comparative in scope and the first to discuss contemporary articulations of Sikh and Ahmadiyya identities within a single frame of reference, the book assembles a significant range of empirical data gathered over ten years of ethnographic fieldwork. In its focus on precarious sites of identity formation, the volume engages with cutting-edge theories in the fields of critical diaspora studies, migration and refugee studies, religion, secularism, and politics. It presents a novel ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Series
Religion and Global Migrations
Condition
New
Weight
521g
Number of Pages
289
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781137499592
SKU
V9781137499592
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Ref
99-15
About Michael Nijhawan
Michael Nijhawan is a Social Anthropologist and Associate Professor in Sociology at York University, Toronto, Canada. His publications include Suffering, Art, and Aesthetics (with R.Hadj-Moussa, 2014), Shared Idioms, Sacred Symbols, and the Articulation of Identities in South Asia (with K. Pemberton, 2009) and Dhadi Darbar: Religion, Violence and the Performance of Sikh History (2006).
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