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oapen-20.500.12657-321212021-11-12T16:12:49Z Identities in Practice: A Trans-Atlantic Ethnography of Sikh immigrants in Finland and in California Hirvi, Laura immigrants practice finland sikh california identity Gurdwara Helsinki India Sikhism Sikhs Turban Yuba City California bic Book Industry Communication::B Biography & True Stories bic Book Industry Communication::C Language bic Book Industry Communication::H Humanities bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences "Identities in Practice draws a nuanced picture of how the experience of migration affects the process through which Sikhs in Finland and California negotiate their identities. What makes this study innovative with regard to the larger context of migration studies is the contrast it provides between experiences at two Sikh migration destinations. By using an ethnographic approach, Hirvi reveals how practices carried out in relation to work, dress, the life-cycle, as well as religious and cultural sites, constitute important moments in which Sikhs engage in the often transnational art of negotiating identities. Laura Hirvi’s rich ethnographic account brings to the fore how the construction of identities is a creative process that is conditioned and infiltrated by questions of power. Identities in Practice will appeal to scholars who are interested in the study of cultures, identities, migration, religion, and transnationalism." 2016-09-26 00:00:00 2020-04-01T13:58:46Z 2020-04-01T13:58:46Z 2013 book 617164 OCN: 1030822628 1235-1954 9789522227478;9789522225276 http://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/32121 eng Studia Fennica Ethnologica application/pdf Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International 617164.pdf https://doi.org/10.21435/sfe.15 Finnish Literature Society / SKS 10.21435/sfe.15 10.21435/sfe.15 51db0f72-616d-4d86-b847-ade19380e08f 7f68f45f-a677-4ca9-a69c-989c298c9cf6 9789522227478;9789522225276 15 185 Helsinki Jane and Aatos Erkko Foundation and SKS open access
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"Identities in Practice draws a nuanced picture of how the experience of migration affects the process through which Sikhs in Finland and California negotiate their identities. What makes this study innovative with regard to the larger context of migration studies is the contrast it provides between experiences at two Sikh migration destinations. By using an ethnographic approach, Hirvi reveals how practices carried out in relation to work, dress, the life-cycle, as well as religious and cultural sites, constitute important moments in which Sikhs engage in the often transnational art of negotiating identities. Laura Hirvi’s rich ethnographic account brings to the fore how the construction of identities is a creative process that is conditioned and infiltrated by questions of power. Identities in Practice will appeal to scholars who are interested in the study of cultures, identities, migration, religion, and transnationalism."
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