{"product_id":"rural-nostalgias-and-transnational-dreams-nicola-mooney-9780802092571","title":"Rural Nostalgias and Transnational Dreams: Identity and Modernity Among Jat Sikhs","description":"\u003cp\u003eRenowned as the predominant farmers and landlords of Punjab, and long possessed of an autocthonous agricultural identity, Jat Sikhs today often live urban and diasporiclives. \u003cem\u003eRural Nostalgias and Transnational Dreams\u003c\/em\u003e examines the formation and meaning of Jat Sikh identity in the contemporary Indian city.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNicola Mooney describes a number of Jat Sikh social practices and narratives through which contemporary notions of identity are developed. She contextualizes these elements of Jat Sikh modernity against local, regional, and national histories of cultural and political differentiation, perceptions of marginality, and the expression of increasingly exclusive notions and practices of identity. This unique ethnography incorporates first-hand observations and local narratives to develop insights into the traditions and social memory of Jat Sikhs, as well as on the issues of urban and transnational social transformation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Nicola Mooney\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0802092578\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780802092571\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Toronto Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/30\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.32lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.25h x 6.24w x 1.04d","brand":"Nicola Mooney","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44072785346815,"sku":"9780802092571","price":79.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_1bb17882-277a-4c11-b084-a35314401fc3.jpg?v=1685443941","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/rural-nostalgias-and-transnational-dreams-nicola-mooney-9780802092571","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}