Sikh Women In England

Author : S. K. Rait
Publisher : Trentham Books
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1858563534

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Sikh Women in England by S. K. Rait Pdf

This study by a Sikh woman who came to England after growing up and going to university in the Punjab illustrates the changes in the values of Sikh women in England over the years and between the migrants and British born Sikhs. Her research subjects, all based in Leeds, come from varied backgrounds and together make up a picture of Sikh women that is transferable to England and the UK. The book is arranged as follows Chapter 1 The backgrounds of the Sikh women Chapter 2 Religious values Chapter 3 Women in Sikhism and Sikh society Chapter 4 The social life of Sikh women Chapter 5 Cultural values Chapter 6, entitled Listen to Me provides excerpts from the women's stories about their own lives, and the conclusion confirms that Sikh women have adapted well to life on a different continent and have a strong sense of identity. Foreword by Professor Kim Knott

Author : Gurharpal Singh,Darshan Singh Tatla
Publisher : Zed Books
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2006-07
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1842777173

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Sikhs in Britain by Gurharpal Singh,Darshan Singh Tatla Pdf

The history of Sikhs in Britain provides important clues into the evolution of Britain as a multicultural society and the challenges it faces today. The authors examine the complex Anglo-Sikh relationship that led to the initial Sikh settlement and the processes of community-building around Sikh institutions such as gurdwaras. They explore the nature of British Sikh society as reflected in the performance of Sikhs in the labor markets, the changing characteristics of the Sikh family and issues of cultural transmission to the young. They provide an original and insightful account of a community transformed from the site of radical immigrant class politics to a leader of the Sikh diaspora in its search for a separate Sikh state.

Author : Arthur Wesley Helweg
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : UOM:39015014440005

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Sikhs in England by Arthur Wesley Helweg Pdf

Helweg's study of the Sikh community in Gravesend provides a historical profile of this group--their cultural values, life-styles in India, the factors that led to emigration, and their experience in Britain. Entirely updated to include events through 1985, the second edition brings to light the recent transformation of British Sikhs from "immigrant" to "minority" status.

Author : Doris R. Jakobsh
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : History
ISBN : STANFORD:36105215180642

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Sikhism and Women by Doris R. Jakobsh Pdf

Sikh identity involves intermeshing of several historical and present strands of consciousness. As in other religions, the situation of Sikh women and their experiences are conditioned by multiple factors including identity, socio-economic status, and the political context. The collection focuses on three distinct themes texts, conditions of Sikh women in India, and women in diasporic contexts dealing with women's lives and religious experiences. The essays discuss the way aesthetics and religion merges in the unitary experience of the sacred in Sikh tradition. They also explore gender in Sikh theology and society. One of the first works of its kind to bring together women and being Sikh, this volume engages with issues like religion, rituals, literature, sexuality, and nationalism and their link with identity-formation of Sikh women. It analyses significant issues of gender and religion and provides an empirical as well as theoretical structure to the debate. In their introduction, Doris Jakobsh and Eleanor Nesbitt explore the myriad themes of studies on Sikh women an emerging area for historians, sociologists, and anthropologists alike. They outline major developments and also break new ground with empirical evidence from their research.

Author : Darshan Singh Tatla,Eleanor M. Nesbitt
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 120 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : Reference
ISBN : UOM:39015025025738

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Sikhs in Britain by Darshan Singh Tatla,Eleanor M. Nesbitt Pdf

Author : Parminder Bhachu
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 205 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 1985-01-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0422789100

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Twice Migrants by Parminder Bhachu Pdf

Author : Susan de-Gaia
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 993 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2018-11-16
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781440848506

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Encyclopedia of Women in World Religions [2 volumes] by Susan de-Gaia Pdf

This reference offers reliable knowledge about women's diverse faith practices throughout history and prehistory, and across cultures. Across the span of human history, women have participated in world-building and life-sustaining cultural creativity, making enormous contributions to religion and spirituality. In the contemporary period, women have achieved greater equality, with more educational opportunities, female role models in public life, and opportunities for religious expression than ever before. Contemporaneously with this increased visibility, women are actively and energetically engaging with religion for themselves and for their communities. Drawing on the expertise of a range of scholars, this reference chronicles the religious experiences of women across time and cultures. The book includes sections on major religions as well as on spirituality, African religions, prehistoric religions, and other broad topics. Each section begins with an introduction, followed by reference entries on specialized subjects along with excerpts from primary source documents. The entries provide numerous suggestions for further reading, and the book closes with a detailed bibliography.

Author : Priya Atwal
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 326 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2021-01-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9780197566947

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Royals and Rebels by Priya Atwal Pdf

In late-eighteenth-century India, the glory of the Mughal emperors was fading, and ambitious newcomers seized power, changing the political map forever. Enter the legendary Maharajah Ranjit Singh, whose Sikh Empire stretched throughout northwestern India into Afghanistan and Tibet. Priya Atwal shines fresh light on this long-lost kingdom, looking beyond its founding father to restore the queens and princes to the story of this empire's spectacular rise and fall. She brings to life a self-made ruling family, inventively fusing Sikh, Mughal and European ideas of power, but eventually succumbing to gendered family politics, as the Sikh Empire fell to its great rival in the new India: the British. Royals and Rebels is a fascinating tale of family, royalty and the fluidity of power, set in a dramatic global era when new stars rose and upstart empires clashed.

Author : Pashaura Singh,Louis E. Fenech
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 673 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2014-03
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780199699308

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The Oxford Handbook of Sikh Studies by Pashaura Singh,Louis E. Fenech Pdf

This handbook innovatively combines the ways in which scholars diverse fields (including philosophy, psychology, literary studies, history, sociology, anthropology, political science, and economics) have integrated the study of Sikhism within critical and postcolonial perspectives on the nature of religion.

Author : Rajwant Singh Chilana
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 586 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2006-01-16
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781402030444

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International Bibliography of Sikh Studies by Rajwant Singh Chilana Pdf

The International Bibliography of Sikh Studies brings together all books, composite works, journal articles, conference proceedings, theses, dissertations, project reports, and electronic resources produced in the field of Sikh Studies until June 2004, making it the most complete and up-to-date reference work in the field today. One of the youngest religions of the world, Sikhism has progressively attracted attention on a global scale in recent decades. An increasing number of scholars is exploring the culture, history, politics, and religion of the Sikhs. The growing interest in Sikh Studies has resulted in an avalanche of literature, which is now for the first time brought together in the International Bibliography of Sikh Studies. This monumental work lists over 10,000 English-language publications under almost 30 subheadings, each representing a subfield in Sikh Studies. The Bibliography contains sections on a wide variety of subjects, such as Sikh gurus, Sikh philosophy, Sikh politics and Sikh religion. Furthermore, the encyclopedia presents an annotated survey of all major scholarly work on Sikhism, and a selective listing of electronic and web-based resources in the field. Author and subject indices are appended for the reader’s convenience.

Author : Mary Maynard,June Purvis
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2005-07-20
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781135747060

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New Frontiers In Women's Studies by Mary Maynard,June Purvis Pdf

This text reveals the diversities which continue to shape women's beliefs and experiences. It includes debates on women and nationalisms, women and social policy, sexuality, black studies and ethnic studies, women and education, women and cultural production and women's studies and gender studies.

Author : Premalatha Karupiah,Jacqueline Liza Fernandez
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2022-10-22
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9789811958762

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A Kaleidoscope of Malaysian Indian Women’s Lived Experiences by Premalatha Karupiah,Jacqueline Liza Fernandez Pdf

This book presents a compilation of chapters relating to the socio-cultural experiences of Malaysian Indian women. It includes a historical background covering Indian women’s migration to Malaya, and explores the lived realities of contemporary Indian women who are members of this minority ethnic group in the country. The authors cover a wide range of issues such as gender inequality, poverty, the involvement of women in performing arts, work, inter‐personal relationships, and well-being and happiness, drawing on substantial empirical data through a gendered lens. This book addresses the gap in the intersectional gender studies literature on minority groups of women in Malaysia, while simultaneously highlighting the multiple forms of subordination minority women - particularly Indian women - experience in society, including those that arise from gender‐ethnic intersectionality. In examining the case of Indian women in Malaysia, it also speaks to and enriches existing literature on the lives of minority groups of women in the Global South more broadly This anthology is beneficial to researchers and students in the social sciences, particularly in disciplines related to gender studies and minority studies. In addition, it is also useful for policy makers and social activists working with minority women in the Global South.

Author : Sebastian Kim,Pauline Kollontai
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2007-09-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780567322845

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Community Identity by Sebastian Kim,Pauline Kollontai Pdf

The understanding of identity in relation to community has been a focus of academic studies in recent years. An exclusive self-understanding of the identity of one's own community, coupled with a hostile attitude toward other communities, often leads to communal conflicts. In particular, it is important to notice the significance of religion in the re-shaping of community identities in this process. This volume focuses first on communal or corporate understanding of identity. Secondly, this volume will assess the topic of identity from the perspectives of theology and religious studies. Thirdly, the volume will seek to address the issue of interaction between religious communities and wider society by looking at case studies from the Yorkshire area.

Author : Nikky-Guninder Kaur Singh
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2011-02-22
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780857719621

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Sikhism by Nikky-Guninder Kaur Singh Pdf

Almost from the moment, some five centuries ago, that their religion was founded in the Punjab by Guru Nanak, Sikhs have enjoyed a distinctive identity. This sense of difference, forged during Sikhism's fierce struggles with the Mughal Empire, is still symbolised by the 'Five Ks' ('panj kakar', in Punjabi), those articles of faith to which all baptised Sikhs subscribe: uncut hair bound in a turban; comb; special undergarment; iron bracelet and dagger (or kirpan) - the unique marks of the Sikh military fraternity (the word Sikh means 'disciple' in Punjabi). Yet for all its ongoing attachment to the religious symbols that have helped set it apart from neighbouring faiths in South Asia, Sikhism amounts to far more than just signs or externals. Now the world's fifth largest religion, with a significant diaspora especially in Britain and North America, this remarkable monotheistic tradition commands the allegiance of 25 million people, and is a global phenomenon. In her balanced appraisal, Nikky-Guninder Kaur Singh reviews the history, theology and worship of a community poised between reconciling its hereditary creeds and certainties with the fast-paced pressures of modernity. She outlines and explains the core Sikh beliefs, and explores the writings and teachings of the Ten Sikh Gurus in Sikhism's Holy Scriptures, the Sri Guru Granth Sahib (more usually called just the 'Granth'). Further chapters explore Sikh ethics, art and architecture, and matters of gender and the place of women in the tradition. The book attractively combines the warm empathy of a Sikh with the objective insights and acute perspectives of a prominent scholar of religion.

Author : Kristina Myrvold
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 349 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2016-04-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781317055051

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Sikhs in Europe by Kristina Myrvold Pdf

Sikhs in Europe are neglected in the study of religions and migrant groups: previous studies have focused on the history, culture and religious practices of Sikhs in North America and the UK, but few have focused on Sikhs in continental Europe. This book fills this gap, presenting new data and analyses of Sikhs in eleven European countries; examining the broader European presence of Sikhs in new and old host countries. Focusing on patterns of migration, transmission of traditions, identity construction and cultural representations from the perspective of local Sikh communities, this book explores important patterns of settlement, institution building and cultural transmission among European Sikhs.