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The Guru's gift : an ethnography exploring gender equality with North American Sikh women / Cynthia Mahmood, Stacy Brady.
Van Pelt Library BL2018.5.W65 M34 2000
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Mahmood, Cynthia Keppley.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Women--Religious aspects--Sikhism.
- Women.
- Feminism--Religious aspects--Sikhism.
- Feminism.
- Sikh women--Religious life--North America.
- Sikh women.
- Equality--North America.
- Equality.
- Sex role--North America.
- Sex role.
- Sikh women--Religious life.
- North America.
- Physical Description:
- viii, 123 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Mountain View, Calif. : Mayfield Pub., [2000]
- Summary:
- This ethnography looks at North American Sikh young women who have started wearing turbans as a symbol of the empowerment their faith guarantees. This " reciprocal ethnography" highlights both the voices of the 13 women interviewed and the collaborative research effort of a professor and her undergraduate student.
- Contents:
- 1 Women's Lives 1
- Stacy Brady's Story 1
- Cynthia Mahmood's View 6
- Surjeet Kaur 9
- Sukhminder Kaur 11
- Harinder Kaur 12
- Harmanjot Kaur 13
- Amanpreet Kaur 14
- Jasjit Kaur 16
- Karanjeet Kaur 18
- Surpreet Kaur 18
- Rajvinder Kaur 19
- Daljot Kaur 20
- Sandeep Kaur 21
- Jasvinder Kaur 23
- Taranjeet Kaur 24
- 2 Gender Equality in Sikhism 26
- Sikhism: Religious Beliefs and Practices 26
- Women's Involvement in Religious Institutions 37
- Religious Ideals Versus Lived Realities 40
- Gender Backlash and Its Effects 42
- Religion and Feminism 44
- 3 Living Up to the Turban 46
- Identity 46
- The Ideal Sikh Woman 47
- The Dastaar and Its Mixed Messages 50
- Role Models 59
- Negotiating the Ideal 65
- Projected Images 74
- 4 Intertwining Kin 78
- Relationships 79
- Dowry Practices 89
- Domestic Tensions 91
- 5 Feminism/Ethnography 98
- "Is This Subject Interesting?" 98
- The Other Half of the Sky 99
- "Balance" 102
- Transnationalism and Globalization 107
- Is a Feminist Anthropology Possible? 112
- On Writing and Teaching, Friendship, and Anthropology 114.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 076741781X
- OCLC:
- 42649577
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