Exploring Gender and Sikh Traditions

Exploring Gender and Sikh Traditions
Title Exploring Gender and Sikh Traditions PDF eBook
Author Doris R. Jakobsh
Publisher MDPI
Pages 242
Release 2021-09-01
Genre Science
ISBN 3036511903

Download Exploring Gender and Sikh Traditions Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle

This volume gathers scholars who focus on gender through a variety of disciplines and approaches to Sikh Studies. The intersections of religion and gender are here explored, based on an understanding that both are socially constructed. Far from being static, as so often presented in world religions textbooks, religious traditions are constantly in flux, responding to historical, cultural and social contexts. So too is ‘the’ Sikh tradition in terms of practices, ideologies, rituals, and notions of identity. We here conclude that ‘a’ Sikh tradition does not exist; instead, there are numerous forms thereof. In this volume, Sikhism is presented as a collection of ‘Sikh traditions’. Gender studies—in line with women’s liberation, masculine and feminist studies have long examined and have long deconstructed the patriarchy, but also move to identify other subordinate-dominant relations between individuals. Indeed, there are numerous forms of discrimination and power structures that simultaneously create a multiplicity of oppression. Intersectionality has become the basis of an increasingly systematized production of contemporary discourses on feminism and gender analysis, as is evidenced by the varied contributions in this volume.

Exploring Gender and Sikh Traditions

Exploring Gender and Sikh Traditions
Title Exploring Gender and Sikh Traditions PDF eBook
Author Doris R. Jakobsh
Publisher
Pages 242
Release 2021
Genre
ISBN 9783036511917

Download Exploring Gender and Sikh Traditions Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle

This volume gathers scholars who focus on gender through a variety of disciplines and approaches to Sikh Studies. The intersections of religion and gender are here explored, based on an understanding that both are socially constructed. Far from being static, as so often presented in world religions textbooks, religious traditions are constantly in flux, responding to historical, cultural and social contexts. So too is 'the' Sikh tradition in terms of practices, ideologies, rituals, and notions of identity. We here conclude that 'a' Sikh tradition does not exist; instead, there are numerous forms thereof. In this volume, Sikhism is presented as a collection of 'Sikh traditions'. Gender studies--in line with women's liberation, masculine and feminist studies have long examined and have long deconstructed the patriarchy, but also move to identify other subordinate-dominant relations between individuals. Indeed, there are numerous forms of discrimination and power structures that simultaneously create a multiplicity of oppression. Intersectionality has become the basis of an increasingly systematized production of contemporary discourses on feminism and gender analysis, as is evidenced by the varied contributions in this volume.

The Guru's Gift

The Guru's Gift
Title The Guru's Gift PDF eBook
Author Cynthia Keppley Mahmood
Publisher McGraw-Hill Humanities, Social Sciences & World Languages
Pages 140
Release 2000
Genre Religion
ISBN

Download The Guru's Gift Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle

This ethnography focuses on the concerns of young Sikh women in North America interested in asserting their rights, highlighting the voices of 13 young women finding their way through the competing traditions of Punjabi and North American culture. Mahmood is associate professor of anthropology at th

Relocating Gender in Sikh History

Relocating Gender in Sikh History
Title Relocating Gender in Sikh History PDF eBook
Author Doris R. Jakobsh
Publisher
Pages 316
Release 2003
Genre Religion
ISBN

Download Relocating Gender in Sikh History Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle

This unique book attempts to study Sikh history and culture --lauded for its militaristic, hyper-masculine character by India's colonial rulers--from a feminist perspective, an approach that is unprecedented. Beginning with early Sikh history, the author explores 'male'/'female' constructs and demonstrates in her analysis of the Sikh Sabha movement that gender politics (as based on the Victorian notions of gender) were pivotal to this endavour.

Sikhism and Women

Sikhism and Women
Title Sikhism and Women PDF eBook
Author Doris R. Jakobsh
Publisher Oxford University Press, USA
Pages 400
Release 2010
Genre History
ISBN

Download Sikhism and Women Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle

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.

Exploring Sikh Traditions and Heritage

Exploring Sikh Traditions and Heritage
Title Exploring Sikh Traditions and Heritage PDF eBook
Author Pashaura Singh
Publisher
Pages 142
Release 2021
Genre
ISBN 9783036517841

Download Exploring Sikh Traditions and Heritage Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle

Exploring Sikh Traditions and Heritage follows interdisciplinary approaches, namely, textual and historical analyses of Sikh texts and life-narratives of Guru Nanak to construct the critical events related to Babur's invasions of India; an examination of a non-Sikh text to understand the image of Guru Nanak in the Dadu-panthi tradition; following interview and ethnographic methods to critically look into the global politics behind the Kartarpur Corridor and the sacred heritage of the Darbar Sahib in Pakistan; understanding the nature of modern Sikh activism in both the US and the UK through rich ethnography and historical investigation; introducing a systematic analysis of autoethnography of a person's experience through reflexivity and connecting the personal story to the social, cultural, and political life, having synergy with Sikh sense-making process; and finally, sociological investigation into the changing nature of the Sikh institution of the Akal Takht. In addition to senior scholars, this volume initiates new researchers into the growing field of Sikh studies. It will be a useful resource for both scholars and students of Sikh studies, religion, medieval Indian history, and literature.

Exploring the Sikh Tradition

Exploring the Sikh Tradition
Title Exploring the Sikh Tradition PDF eBook
Author Howard Burton
Publisher Open Agenda Publishing
Pages 40
Release 2021-04-30
Genre Religion
ISBN 1771701552

Download Exploring the Sikh Tradition Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle

This book is based on an in-depth filmed conversation between Howard Burton and Eleanor Nesbitt who is Professor Emeritus of Education Studies at University of Warwick and a poet. Eleanor Nesbitt is an expert on Hindu and Sikh culture and her interdisciplinary approach straddles religious studies, educational theory, ethnography and poetry. After inspiring insights about the time Eleanor Nesbitt spent in India and her academic path, this wide-ranging conversation provides a detailed exploration of the Sikh tradition: the history, religious tenets, other people’s misconceptions about it and more. This carefully-edited book includes an introduction, Isn’ts, and questions for discussion at the end of each chapter: I. Looking To Connect - Eleanor explores the world II. Historical Overview - The first ten gurus and the Guru Granth Sahib III. Identity - Turbans, Five Ks and evolving perspectives IV. Towards Deeper Understanding - On all sides About Ideas Roadshow Conversations: This book is part of an expanding series of 100+ Ideas Roadshow conversations, each one presenting a wealth of candid insights from a leading expert through a focused yet informal setting to give non-specialists a uniquely accessible window into frontline research and scholarship that wouldn't otherwise be encountered through standard lectures and textbooks.