Militant and migrant : the politics and social history of Punjab / / Radhika Chopra

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910813497003321
• Autore: Chopra Radhika
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: New Delhi, : Routledge, 2011
• ISBN: 1-136-70435-3; 0-203-81404-5
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (173 p.)
• Disciplina: 304.80954552
• Soggetti: History, Modern - 20th century; Punjab (India) Social conditions 20th century; Punjab (India) Politics and government 20th century; Punjab (India) Emigration and immigration
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Front Cover; Militant and Migrant; Copyright Page; Contents; List of Plates; Glossary; Acknowledgements; 1.Bringing a Field to Focus; 2.Commemorating Hurt; 3.Risky Strategies and Family Plans; 4.Sent Away Boys; 5.Transacting Asylum; 6.Descent to Illegality; Bibliography; About the Author; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: This book is a study of the transformations in Punjab created by biotechnological revolutions, economic restructuring, persistent migrations, and political upheaval in the late 20th century. The sacred centre at Amritsar, the transnational settlement of Southall and a Doaba village form the terrain for this - three sites that can seen as metonymic spaces of identity that transcend geographic boundaries, and form the structure of this book. Relations between the rural, the sacred and the transnational, fostered through migration, marriage and material exchange, existed well bef