Unsettling Sikh and Muslim Conflict
Mistaken Identities, Forced Conversions, and Postcolonial Formations
Nonfiction, Religion & Spirituality, Christianity, Church, Church & State, Reference, Comparative Religion, Middle East Religions, Islam
| Author: | Katy P. Sian | ISBN: | 9780739178751 |
| Publisher: | Lexington Books | Publication: | April 4, 2013 |
| Imprint: | Lexington Books | Language: | English |
| Author: | Katy P. Sian |
| ISBN: | 9780739178751 |
| Publisher: | Lexington Books |
| Publication: | April 4, 2013 |
| Imprint: | Lexington Books |
| Language: | English |
This book provides a critical investigation into Sikh and Muslim conflict in the postcolonial setting. Being Sikh in a diasporic context creates challenges that require complex negotiations between other ethnic minorities as well as the national majority. Unsettling Sikh and Muslim Conflict: Mistaken Identities, Forced Conversions, and Postcolonial Formations maps in theoretically informed and empirically rich detail the trope of Sikh-Muslim antagonism as it circulates throughout the diaspora. While focusing on contemporary manifestations of Sikh-Muslim hostility, the book also draws upon historical examples of such conflict to explore the way in which the past has been mobilized to tell a story about the future of Sikhs. This book uses critical race theory to understand the performance of postcolonial subjectivity in the heart of the metropolis.
This book provides a critical investigation into Sikh and Muslim conflict in the postcolonial setting. Being Sikh in a diasporic context creates challenges that require complex negotiations between other ethnic minorities as well as the national majority. Unsettling Sikh and Muslim Conflict: Mistaken Identities, Forced Conversions, and Postcolonial Formations maps in theoretically informed and empirically rich detail the trope of Sikh-Muslim antagonism as it circulates throughout the diaspora. While focusing on contemporary manifestations of Sikh-Muslim hostility, the book also draws upon historical examples of such conflict to explore the way in which the past has been mobilized to tell a story about the future of Sikhs. This book uses critical race theory to understand the performance of postcolonial subjectivity in the heart of the metropolis.
