Rupturing the Religious Past in the Postcolonial Present

Authors

  • Virinder S. Kalra The University of Manchester Author

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1558/rosa.v4i2.181

Keywords:

Arvind-Pal S. Mandair, identity politics, language, monotheolingualism, postcolonialism, religion, Sikhism

Abstract

This review discusses Arvind-Pal S. Mandair’s Religion and the Specter of the West: Sikhism, India, Postcoloniality, and the Politics of Translation (hereafter RSW), published in 2009 by Columbia University Press.

Author Biography

  • Virinder S. Kalra, The University of Manchester

    Dr Virinder S. Kalra teaches and researches on South Asian diasporas, popular culture and imperialism. His main publications are From Textile Mills to Taxi Ranks (Ashgate, 2000) which documents the experiences of migrant workers. In this vein he is the editor of the volumes A People: South Asians in Britain (Hurst, 2006) and Pakistani Diasporas (Oxford University Press, 2009). His latest research is on performative cultures at shrines in the Punjab and will be published in the forthcoming volume Sacred and Secular Musics: A Postcolonial Approach.

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Published

2012-01-20

Issue

Vol. 4 No. 2 (2010)

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How to Cite

Kalra, V. S. (2012). Rupturing the Religious Past in the Postcolonial Present. Religions of South Asia, 4(2), 181-187. https://doi.org/10.1558/rosa.v4i2.181