Relocating Gender in Sikh History

Description

This Penetrating Volume is one of the first to chart the history of gender construction in Sikhism. Focusing Specifically on the Singh Sabha reform movementspearheaded by Britisheducation Sikh s in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuriesit analyses the development of gender ideals under the Sikh gurus, and their adaptation and in some cases transformation by the new intellectual elite.