LEADER 02549nam 2200421 a 450 001 9910464085203321 005 20210114045815.0 010 $a0-19-991628-4 035 $a(CKB)3230000000204861 035 $a(StDuBDS)AH24668204 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5745635 035 $a(EXLCZ)993230000000204861 100 $a20120904d2012 fy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 200 14$aThe materiality of the past$b[electronic resource] $ehistory and representation in the Sikh tradition /$fAnne Murphy 210 $aNew York ;$aOxford $cOxford University Press$d2012 215 $a1 online resource (304 p.) 311 $a0-19-991629-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 330 $aAnne 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. 330 $bAnne 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. Widening traditional scholarly emphasis on holy sites and texts alone to include consideration of iconic objects, such as garments and weaponry, Murphy moves further and examines the parallel relationships among sites, texts, and objects. She reveals that objects have played dramatically different roles across regimes-signifers of authority in one, mere possessions in another-and like Sikh texts, which have long been a resource for the construction of Sikh identity, material objects have served as a means of imagining and representing the past. Murphy's deft and nuanced study of the complex role objects have played and continue to play in Sikh history and memory will be a valuable resource to students and scholars of Sikh history and culture. 606 $aReligion$aSikhism$2eflch$xHistoriography 606 $aSikhs$xHistoriography 607 $aPunjab (India)$xHistoriography 608 $aElectronic books.$2lcsh 615 7$aReligion.$aSikhism$xHistoriography. 615 0$aSikhs$xHistoriography. 676 $a294.609 700 $aMurphy$b Anne$f1967-$0943419 801 0$bStDuBDS 801 1$bStDuBDS 801 2$bStDuBDSZ 801 2$bUkPrAHLS 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910464085203321 996 $aThe materiality of the past$92129270 997 $aUNINA