Hindu, Sufi, or Sikh

Ramey, Steven Wesley:
Hindu, Sufi, or Sikh : contested practices and identifications of Sindhi Hindus in India and beyond / Steven W. Ramey. - New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2008. - ca. 240 S.
ISBN 978-0-230-60832-0 / 0-230-60832-9
US$ 74,95 / £ 42,50
-- USA: Oktober 2008 erschienen; Europa: Angekündigt für Dezember 2008 --

Beschreibung
This book complicates post-colonial critiques of the formation of religious boundaries by analyzing the use of those boundaries in a non-conventional community. It provides examples of the construction of rituals and the contestation of religious borders that make those concepts and their implications more accessible. This book also includes a Glossary of Terms and full translations of all quotations for accessibility to non-specialists. It is multidisciplinary: this book will appeal to religious scholars, theologists, scholars of East Asian studies, and anthropology. By analyzing concrete examples of the creation of a heritage in the context of migration, this multi-sited ethnography considers the implications of representations of religions and diaspora for Sindhi Hindus and other similar communities. [Verlagsinformation]

Inhalt
Introduction: Differing Understandings
Placing Sindhis
Debating Institutions
Defining Movements
Presenting Sacred Figures
Celebrating Heritage
Personalizing Traditions
Conclusions: Understanding Differences

Autor
STEVEN W. RAMEY is Assistant Professor, Department of Religious Studies, University of Alabama, USA. Faculty profile.

Quellen: Palgrave (UK); Palgrave (USA); Amazon; WorldCat; Library of Congress.
Schlagwörter: Sindhi Hindus; Hinduismus; ethnische Identität; Pakistan; Sufismus; Islam; Sikhismus; Migration