Relocating Gender in Sikh History: Transformation, Meaning and Identity

By Doris Jakobsh

This unique book attempts to study Sikh history and culture --lauded for its militaristic, hyper-masculine character by India's colonial rulers--from a feminist perspective, an approach that is unprecedented. Beginning with early Sikh history, the author explores 'male'/'female' constructs and demonstrates in her analysis of the Sikh Sabha movement that gender politics (as based on the Victorian notions of gender) were pivotal to this endavour.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195679199
• ISBN13: 9780195679199
• Release Date: November 2005
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 306 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.6" x 8.4"