Identities in Practice
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English
ISBN
978-952-222-470-5
Identities in Practice
Title Page
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Contents
Preface
1 Setting the Scene
Research Questions and the Trans-Atlantic Contrast
Why Sikhs in Helsinki and Yuba City?
A Brief Introduction to Sikhism
Previous Literature on Sikhs in California and South Asians in Finland
Identities Reflected in Practice
Diaspora and Transnationalism
The Doing of Ethnographies
Some Reflections on the Researcher’s Position
Ethnographic Analysis
The Problem of Naming
What about Caste?
Outline of this Book
2 Migration Histories
Yuba City and Sikh Migration
The Migration Histories of Sikhs in Finland
Concluding Thoughts
3 The Meaning of Work
Working in Yuba City
Sikhs Working in Helsinki
Working out Identities
Prospects for Future Generations of Sikhs in Helsinki and Yuba City
Concluding Thoughts
4 Identities Negotiated through Dress(ing)
The Turban as an External Marker of Religious Identity
The Meanings of the Turban in the Aftermath of 1984
Sikhs in the US after 9/11
Cutting the Kes and Taking off the Turban
Situational Dressing
Letting the Hair Grow and Tying the Turban again
Sikhs’ Multiple Views on the Significance of the Turban
Concluding Thoughts
5 Religious and Cultural Sites
(Contested) Religious Places of Worship in Helsinki
Birthday Parties and Bhangra
Cultural Organisations
Yuba City’s Sikh Pre-School
The Sikh Parade
Concluding Thoughts
6 Life-Cycle Rituals And (Transnational) Practices
Birth and Childcare
Naming Ceremony
Weddings
Retirement, the Question of Return and the Experience of ‘Going Back’
Bringing the Ashes Back
Concluding Thoughts
7 Final Reflections: The Art of Negotiating Identities
Glossary
Appendices
Notes
References
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