Relocating Gender in Sikh History: Transforming, 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: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195663152
• ISBN13: 9780195663150
• Release Date: April 2003
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 275 Pages
• Weight: 1.17 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.7" x 8.8"