Women and the Sikh Diaspora in California : Singing the Seven Seas.
Title:
Women and the Sikh Diaspora in California : Singing the Seven Seas.
Author:
Ranganath, Nicole.
ISBN:
9781040092576
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Edition:
1st ed.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (198 pages)
Series:
Ocean and Island Studies
Contents:
Cover -- Endorsement Page -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- List of Figures -- Acknowledgments -- Author's Note on Identity Terms, Names, and Transliteration -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 Methods for Hearing Women's Transoceanic Voices -- Chapter 2 A River of Nationalist Zeal Flows into the Sea: Women's Performance of Gadar Revolutionary Songs, 1913-1948 -- Chapter 3 Double Passage: Marriage and Oceanic Journeys in Folk Music, 1930s-1960s -- Chapter 4 "Crossing the Terrifying World-Ocean": Creating Communities in California Through Sacred Music, Late 1940s-1990s -- Chapter 5 Rivers of Desire, Oceans of Separation: Women's Autobiographical Songs, 1990s-2000s -- Reflections: Echoes and Resonances -- Bibliography -- Index.
Abstract:
This book charts the transoceanic history of South Asian women in California through their speech and songs across the twentieth century.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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