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9780195663150

Relocating Gender in Sikh History Transforming, Meaning and Identity

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    9780195663150

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    0195663152

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2003-04-03
  • Publisher: Oxford University Press

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Summary

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.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements x
Introduction 1(6)
The Construction of Women in Sikh History and Religion---Attitudes and Assumptions An Overview of Secondary Sources
7(15)
The Principle of Silence
8(2)
The Principle of Negation
10(2)
The Principle of Accommodation
12(4)
The Principle of Idealization
16(2)
Conclusion: Moving Beyond Description
18(4)
The Development of the Early Sikh Tradition A Gender Perspective
22(28)
The Milieu
22(1)
The Early Guru Period
23(4)
The Janam-sakhis
27(8)
The Later Guru Period
35(2)
Gender and the Theology of Difference
37(7)
`The Wiles of Women'
44(2)
The Chaupa Singh Rahit-nama
46(1)
Conclusion
47(3)
Of Colony and Gender The Politics of Difference and Similarity
50(35)
Colonization and the Politics of Difference
53(5)
Manliness, Morality and the Politics of Similarity
58(11)
Constructions of Womanhood: The British in India
69(11)
The Politics of Similarity and its Discontents
80(5)
Contextualizing Reform in Nineteenth Century Punjab: Continuity and Change
85(42)
Dissension and Control: The Punjab Administration and Kuka Reform
86(3)
The Genesis of the Punjab Intelligentsia
89(10)
Indian Reform, the Missionary Undertaking and the `Women's Question'
99(6)
Positioning Punjab's Womanhood: Indigenous Politics and Principles in the Colonial Milieu
105(5)
Dissenting Visions of Gender Reform: Guru Ram Singh and the Namdhari Sikhs
110(6)
Contextualizing Women's Reform in the Nineteenth Century: Contrasting Perspectives
116(3)
Dayananda's Arya Samaj Movement and Singh Sabha Reforms: Contesting Claims and Rhetoric
119(8)
Education, Gender Codes and Politics
127(52)
The Sikhs and Female Education: The Missionary Endeavour, Sikh Orthodox Tradition and Reform Initiatives: An Overview
129(3)
The Tat Khalsa and its Educational Ideals
132(2)
The Politics of Gender: The Home and the World
134(10)
The Sikh Kanya Mahavidyala
144(4)
The Politics of Language: A Gendered Perspective
148(2)
The Sikh Educational Conference: Enlarging Female Space
150(3)
Sikh Role Models and the Tat Khalsa: Crisis of Authority
153(7)
Bhai Vir Singh and the Invention of Tradition
160(8)
The Political Milieu: Agitation and Allegiance
168(4)
The Rhetoric of Reform, Education, and the Politics of Patriotism
172(7)
Extending Male Control: The Gentrified Imagination and Popular Female Traditions
179(31)
The Anand Marriage Bill: Gender Politics, Rhetoric, and Reason
179(15)
Extending Male Control: The `New Patriarchy'
194(9)
Popular Female Traditions and the Gentrified Imagination
203(7)
Redefining the Ritual Drama: The Feminization of Ritual
210(28)
Creation and Revision---The Feminization of Ritual
210(9)
What's in a Name? Circumscribing Sikh Female Nomenclature
219(9)
Re-defining the Sikh Code of Conduct in the Twentieth Century
228(4)
Contemporary Scholars and the Rewriting of History
232(6)
Conclusions
238(13)
Overview
238(2)
Women in the Singh Sabha Movement---Agents of Change or Casualties of Reform?
240(4)
Circumventing Hegemony: Alignment and Resistance
244(3)
Women's Reform---Laying the Foundation for a New Era
247(4)
Appendix 251(4)
References and Selected Bibliography 255(28)
Index 283

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