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The Body and Its Rites of Passage: Sikhism and Masculinity in Indian Punjab.
- Format:
- Sound recording
- Author/Creator:
- Lambert, Léopold, Author.
- Series:
- The Funambulist Podcast ; 17
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Motion pictures.
- Sociology.
- Films.
- Genre:
- Interviews
- Podcasts
- Interviews.
- Podcasts.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource.
- Place of Publication:
- [Place of publication not identified], The Funambulist, 2014.
- Summary:
- "In this interview, film-anthropologist Harjant Gill introduces the figure of the young rural Sikh man in Indian Punjab, who later migrates to the capital city, Chandigarh or abroad. We base our conversation both on Harjant's thesis that presents a research about the (normative) notion of masculinity constructed within these young migrants' imaginaries (through cinema for example), as well as on his film Roots of Love (see below), which introduces the bodily characteristics that a Sikh man must present continuously, in particular the unshorn hair and the turban covering it. Harjant and I thus talk about this particular object that enfolds within it a particular sense of collective identity. Harjant Gill is an assistant professor of anthropology and cultural studies at Towson University, Maryland. He received his PhD from American University. His academic research examines the intersections of masculinity, modernity and migration in South Asia. Dr. Gill is also a documentary filmmaker and has made several films that have screened at film festivals worldwide and won numerous awards. His latest documentary, Roots of Love explores the changing significance of hair and turban among Sikhs and is being screened on BBC World News, BBC America, Doordarshan (Indian National TV) and on PBS channels nationwide. Dr. Gill also co-directs the Society for Visual Anthropology Film & Media Festival."-- provided by distributor.
- Notes:
- Archived and cataloged by Library Stack
- CC BY-NC-SA.
- Description from resource landing page (Library Stack, viewed on 09/29/2025).
- Access Restriction:
- Unrestricted online access
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