The Nation's Tortured Body: Violence, Representation, and the Formation of a Sikh Diaspora

"Historical anthropology at its best,The Nation's Tortured Bodyexplores the history and politics of the Sikhs in a complex, and contested, transnational context. Axel's book evocatively charts the ways in which the crossing and marking of boundaries have shaped the foundational identities of a diasporic community, providing a graphic illustration of the multiple meanings of the idea of 'homeland' in our contemporary postcolonial world."-Nicholas B. Dirks, Columbia UniversityBrian Keith Axel is the author of 'The Nation's Tortured Body: Violence, Representation, and the Formation of a Sikh Diaspora', published 2001 under ISBN 9780822326151 and ISBN 0822326159.