Identities in practice : a trans-Atlantic ethnography of Sikh immigrants in Finland and in California / Laura Hirvi.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hirvi, Laura, author.

Series:

Studia Fennica. Ethnologica ; 15.

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Studia Fennica Ethnologica ; 15

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sikhs--Migrations.

Sikhs.

Sikhs--Finland.

Sikhs--California.

Genre:

Biographies

Physical Description:

1 online resource (185 pages) : illustrations.

Place of Publication:

Helsinki : Finnish Literature Society / SKS, [2016]

Language Note:

Text in English.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

"Identities in Practice draws a nuanced picture of how the experience of migration affects the process through which Sikhs in Finland and California negotiate their identities. What makes this study innovative with regard to the larger context of migration studies is the contrast it provides between experiences at two Sikh migration destinations. By using an ethnographic approach, Hirvi reveals how practices carried out in relation to work, dress, the life-cycle, as well as religious and cultural sites, constitute important moments in which Sikhs engage in the often transnational art of negotiating identities. Laura Hirvi's rich ethnographic account brings to the fore how the construction of identities is a creative process that is conditioned and infiltrated by questions of power. Identities in Practice will appeal to scholars who are interested in the study of cultures, identities, migration, religion, and transnationalism."

Contents:

1. Setting the scene

2. Migration histories

3. The meaning of work

4. Identities negotiated through dress(ing)

5. Religious and cultural sites

6. Life-cycle rituals and (transnational practices

Final reflections: the art of negotiating identities.

Notes:

"A digital edition of a printed book first published in 2013 by the Finnish Literature Society."--copyright page.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 172-180) and index.

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Print version:

ISBN:

9789522227478

9789522225276

OCLC:

1030822628

Publisher Number:

10.21435/sfe.15