Sikh Diaspora: Theory, Agency, and Experience

Contents
Acknowledgments
List of Images and Table
List of Contributors
Introduction Sikh Diaspora: Theory, Agency, and Experience
Part One Method and Theory: Conceptualizing Diasporic Agency and Experiences
The Underbelly of Diaspora Criticism
Interrogating the Homeland-Diaspora Construct
Band Le Gandari (Tie Up Your Bundle): Unpartitioned Memory Cultures
Part Two Agency: Individualizing Diasporic Experiences
My Dinner in Calgary: Sikh Diaspora in the Making
Religion, Resiliency, and Citizenship: The Journey of a Vancouver Sikh Pioneer
A Turban in a White, Republican Haystack: Sikh American Politicization and Multiracial Coalition-Building in Suburban Chicago
Part Three Space: Locating Diasporic Experiences
The Other Sikhs: Bridging Their Diaspora
Other Accommodations: Sikh Advocacy, Religious Architecture, and Cultural Preservation in Quebec
Capitalizing on Identity and Mobility: Sikh Mercantile Activity across the Hong Kong-China Border
Part Four Social Relations: Gendering Diasporic Experiences
“Shady Character, Hidden Designs, and Masked Faces”: Reflections on ‘Vilayati’ Sikh Mariages and Discourses of Abuse
Gender, Ethnicity, and Social Relations in the Narratives of Elderly Sikh Men and Women
Dancing in Diaspora Space: Bhangra, Caste, and Gender among Jat Sikhs
Part Five Aesthetics: Performing Diasporic Experiences
Translating the Guru’s Words to Local and Global Contexts: Katha for Contemporary Sikh Communities
Sikh Children’s Literature in the Diaspora
Sikh Kirtan in the Diaspora: Identity, Innovation, and Revivalism
Index