Acknowledgements
Chapter 1 Introduction: The Forms of Sikh Memory
Chapter 2 Sikh Materialities
SECTION 1 The Past in the Sikh Imagination
Chapter 3 Representation of a Community: Literary Sources from the
Eighteenth Century
Chapter 4 Into the Nineteenth Century: History and Sovereignty
SECTION 2 Possessing the Past
Chapter 5 A History of Possession
Chapter 6 Colonial Governance and Gurdwara Reform
Chapter 7 Territory and the Definition of Being Sikh
Chapter 8 Conclusion Community, Territory, and the Afterlife of the
Object
Bibliography
Index
Anne Murphy is Assistant Professor and Chair of Punjabi Language, Literature, and Sikh Studies at the University of British Columbia. She previously taught at The New School in New York City.
"Through deft study of sites and objects revered within Sikh
tradition, Anne Murphy explores the historical production of the
representation of the past within Sikh tradition and how such
representations were transformed from the eighteenth century to the
early twentieth in Punjab. Murphy moves beyond the 'Sikh identity'
debate toward a more substantive and historically-oriented
accounting of the central sensibilities and commitments in the
tradition. An
excellent addition to the growing corpus of works in the colonial
history of South Asia."--Arvind-Pal S. Mandair, Associate Professor
and S.C.S.B Endowed Professor of Sikh Studies, University of
Michigan
"What does it mean to be a Sikh? In this rich historical
exploration of Sikh identity, Anne Murphy traces the shifting roles
of Sikh texts, objects, and holy sites through three centuries.
This book will be valuable not just to South Asianists, but to
anyone interested in issues of material religion or historical
memory."--Richard H. Davis, Professor of Religion, Bard College
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