The Sikh Diaspora in Vancouver : : Three Generations Amid Tradition, Modernity, and Multiculturalism /

The Sikh Diaspora in Vancouver : : Three Generations Amid Tradition, Modernity, and Multiculturalism / / Kamala Elizabeth Nayar.

Canadian Sikhs have seen great changes in the lives of their communities, which are primarily concentrated in larger urban centres, especially Vancouver and the British Columbia lower mainland. In The Sikh Diaspora in Vancouver, Kamala Elizabeth Nayar illustrates the complex and multifaceted transit...

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Nayar, Kamala Elizabeth,
Place / Publishing House:Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2019]
©2004
Year of Publication:2019
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (280 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • 1. From Punjabi Villages to a Canadian Metropolis
  • 2. Communication among Three Generations: Reflections on Orality, Literacy, and Analytics
  • 3. Family Relations among Three Generations: Duty, Role Playing, and Independence, Part 1
  • 4. Family Relations among Three Generations: Duty, Role Playing, and Independence, Part 2
  • 5. Religion among the Three Generations: Oral Transmission of Customs, Reading about the Sikh Tradition, and Inquiry into Sikhism
  • 6. Community Honour among Three Generations: Social Control, Cultural Preservation, and Ethnic Insularity, Part 1
  • 7. Community Honour among Three Generations: Social Control, Cultural Preservation, and Ethnic Insularity, Part 2
  • 8. Conclusion: Canadian Sikhs amid Modernity and Multiculturalism
  • Notes
  • Glossary
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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