Book 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.
Book Details
Book Name | Relocating Gender In Sikh History: Transformation, Meaning And Identity |
Author | Doris Jakobsh |
Publisher | Oxford University Press, Usa (Nov 2005) |
ISBN | 9780195679199 |
Pages | 306 |
Language | English |
Price | 258 |