The materiality of the past : history and representation in Sikh tradition / Anne Murphy
Murphy, Anne,1967-author
New York : Oxford University Press,
2013.
Anne Murphy offers a groundbreaking exploration of the material aspects of Sikh identity, showing how material objects, as well as holy sites, and texts, embody and represent the Sikh community as an evolving historical and social construction.
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
Introduction : the forms of Sikh memory -- Sikh materialities -- Representation of a community : literary sources from the eighteenth century -- Into the nineteenth century : history and sovereignty -- A history of possession -- Colonial governance and Gurdwara reform -- Territory and the definition of being Sikh -- Conclusion : community, territory, and the afterlife of the object.
Anne Murphy offers a groundbreaking exploration of the material aspects of Sikh identity, showing how material objects, as well as holy sites, and texts, embody and represent the Sikh community as an evolving historical and social construction.
Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on Dec. 14, 2012).
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Sikhism
Sikhs