Rural nostalgias and transnational dreams: identity and modernity among Jat Sikhs

Renowned as the predominant farmers and landlords of Punjab, and long possessed of an autocthonous agricultural identity, Jat Sikhs today often live urban and diasporic lives. Rural Nostalgias and Transnational Dreams examines the formation of Jat Sikh identity amid diverse ideals and incursions of...

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Contributors: Mooney, Nicola (Other)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
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Published: Toronto [u.a.] University of Toronto Press c2011
In: Anthropological horizons (34)
Year: 2011
Series/Journal:Anthropological horizons 34
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Rajasthan / Jats / Sikhism / Ethnic identity / Panjab (India)
Further subjects:B Jats Ethnic identity India
B Sikhs Ethnic identity India
B Sikhs Social conditions India
B Jats Social conditions India
B Punjab (India) Rural conditions