The Sikh diaspora in Vancouver : three generations amid tradition, modernity, and multiculturalism /

The Sikh diaspora in Vancouver : three generations amid tradition, modernity, and multiculturalism /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Nayar, Kamala E. (Kamala Elizabeth), 1966- author.
Imprint:	Toronto, Ont. : University of Toronto Press, [2004] ©2004
Description:	1 online resource (xiii, 276 pages)
Language:	English
Series:	Canadian Social History Series Canadian social history series.
Subject:	Sikhs -- British Columbia -- Vancouver -- Social conditions. Sikhs -- Cultural assimilation -- British Columbia -- Vancouver. Intergenerational relations -- British Columbia -- Vancouver. Sikhs -- British Columbia -- Vancouver -- Interviews. Sikh diaspora. Ethnic relations. Intergenerational relations. Sikh diaspora. Sikhs. Sikhs -- Cultural assimilation. Sikhs -- Social conditions. Vancouver (B.C.) -- Ethnic relations. Vancouver (B.C.) -- Biography. British Columbia -- Vancouver. Electronic books. Biographies. Interviews.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11184371

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ISBN:	9781442682368 1442682361 1281992593 9781281992598 080208947X 0802086314 9780802089472 9780802086310 9786611992590 6611992596
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-268) and index. English. Print version record.
Summary:	"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 moves from small Punjabi villages to a Canadian metropolis." "The result of an analysis of the beliefs and attitudes among three generations of the Sikh community, the book highlights differences and tensions with regard to familial relations, child rearing, and religion. In exploring these tensions, Nayar focuses particularly on the younger generation, and underlines the role of Sikh youth as a catalyst for change within the community. She also examines the Sikh community as it functions and interacts with mainstream Canadian society in the light of modernity and multiculturalism, exploring the change, or lack thereof, in attitudes about the functioning of the community, the role of multicultural organizations and the media, continuity in traditional customs, modifications in behaviour patterns, and changes in values."--Jacket.
Other form:	Print version: Nayar, Kamala E. (Kamala Elizabeth), 1966- Sikh diaspora in Vancouver. Toronto ; Buffalo : University of Toronto Press, ©2004 080208947X

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Summary:	The result of an exhaustive analysis of the beliefs and attitudes among three generations of the Sikh community - and having conducted over 100 interviews - Nayar highlights differences and tensions with regards to the role of familial relations, child rearing, and religion.
Physical Description:	1 online resource (xiii, 276 pages)
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-268) and index.
ISBN:	9781442682368 1442682361 1281992593 9781281992598 080208947X 0802086314 9780802089472 9780802086310 9786611992590 6611992596