Exploring Gender and Sikh Traditions

• Other Authors: Jakobsh, Doris R. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Basel, Switzerland MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2021
• Subjects: Religion & beliefs; Sikh; western women; status of women; India; colonial; diaspora; missionaries; travelogue; suttee; infanticide; friendship; gender, religion and sexuality; Sikh literature and gender representations; Sikh diaspora and gender; lived religions and Sikhism; postcolonial life narratives and gender; trauma, testimonies and bearing witness; Sikhism; gender; gender construction; Dasam Granth; Sikhs; Siri Guru Granth; Rahit Maryada; punj kakar; gurdwara; feminist thought; Sikh religion; masculinity; gender roles; women's education; women and Sikhism; Sikh women in Italy; seva performances; Sikh youth; Sikhs in Italy; gurdwaras in Italy; caste; intersectionality; householding; counterpublic; embodiment; ethnography; prayer; violence; widowhood; Sikh women and gender; Sikh diaspora; Canadian Sikhs; Sikh millennials; Sikh chic; Sikh entrepreneur; Sikh values; Khalsa; Sikh fashion; Sikhs in Barcelona; identity (re)construction; gender relations; agency; hypermasculinity; misogyny; sexism; good girl; bad girl; bhangra; rap; Hard Kaur; masculinities; gangs; British Columbia; moral panics; Punjabis; Khalistanis; Sikhs in France; undocumented migration; construction sector; fitness; philanthropy; n/a
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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...