Brian Keith Axel

The Nation's Tortured Body

Violence, Representation, and the Formation of a Sikh Diaspora

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

"Historical anthropology at its best, "The Nation's Tortured Body" explores the history and politics of the Sikhs in a complex, and contested, transnational context. Axel's book evocatively charts the ways in which the crossing and marking of boundaries have shaped the foundational identities of a diasporic community, providing a graphic illustration of the multiple meanings of the idea of 'homeland' in our contemporary postcolonial world."--Nicholas B. Dirks, Columbia University

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Duke University Press
• Seitenzahl: 312
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. Februar 2001
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 242mm x 162mm x 28mm
• Gewicht: 726g
• ISBN-13: 9780822326076
• ISBN-10: 0822326078
• Artikelnr.: 22267339

Inhaltsangabe

List of Figures vii
Acknowledgments ix
Introduction: Promise and Threat 1
1: The Maharaja's Glorious Body 39
2: The Restricted Zone 79
3: The Tortured Body 121
4: Glassy Junction 158
5: The Homeland 197
Conclusion 224
Notes 237
Bibliography 263
Index 291