The Sikh Diaspora in Vancouver : Three Generations Amid Tradition, Modernity, and Multiculturalism /

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"Canadian Sikh have been great changes in their communities, which are primarily concentrated in larger urban centres, especially Vancouver and the British Columbia Lower Mainland. In The Sikh Diaspora in Vancouver, Kamala Elizabeth Nayar illustrates the transition of Sikh social culture as it...

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Main Author: Nayar, Kamala E. (Kamala Elizabeth), 1966- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Toronto, Ont. : University of Toronto Press, [2004]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Akkulturation.
Multikulturelle Gesellschaft.
Sikh.
Culturele minderheden.
Immigranten.
Sikhs.
Akkulturation
Multikulturelle Gesellschaft
Sikh
Sikhs > Social conditions.
Sikhs > Cultural assimilation.
Sikh diaspora.
Intergenerational relations.
Ethnic relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Minority Studies.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Ethnic Studies > General.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
Sikhs > Colombie-Britannique > Vancouver > Entretiens.
Sikhs > Pays etrangers.
Sikhs > Colombie-Britannique > Vancouver > Interviews.
Relations entre generations > Colombie-Britannique > Vancouver.
Sikhs > Acculturation > Colombie-Britannique > Vancouver.
Sikhs > Colombie-Britannique > Vancouver > Conditions sociales.
Sikh Canadians > British Columbia > Vancouver > Interviews.
Sikh Canadians > Cultural assimilation > British Columbia > Vancouver.
Sikhs > British Columbia > Vancouver > Interviews.
Intergenerational relations > British Columbia > Vancouver.
Sikhs > Cultural assimilation > British Columbia > Vancouver.
Sikhs > British Columbia > Vancouver > Social conditions.
Vancouver (B.C.)
Vancouver > British Columbia
British Columbia > Vancouver.
Vancouver (C.-B.) > Biographies.
Vancouver (C.-B.) > Relations interethniques.
Vancouver (B.C.) > Biography.
Vancouver (B.C.) > Ethnic relations.
Interviews.
Biographies.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • From Punjabi villages to a Canadian metropolis
  • Communication among three generations: reflections on orality, literacy, and analytics
  • Family relations among three generations: duty, role playing, and independence, Part 1
  • Family relations among three generations: duty, role playing, and independence, Part 2
  • Religion among the three generations: oral transmission of customs, reading about the Sikh tradition, and inquiry into Sikhism
  • Community honour among three generations: social controls, cultural preservation, and ethnic insulariyt, Part 1
  • Community honour among three generations: social control, cultural preservation, and ethnic insularity, Part 2
  • Conclusion: Canadian Sikhs amid modernity and multiculturalism.

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