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Volume 7 Number 3

Volume 7

Number 3

Sikh Formations

Sikh Formations December 2011

CONTENTS Articles The Hermeneutics of Sikh Music (ra¯g) and Word (Shabad) Balbinder Singh Bhogal

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The Music of the Sikh Guru¯ s’ Tradition in a Western Context: Cross-cultural pedagogy and research Francesca Cassio 245

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Sikh/Muslim Bhai-Bhai? Towards a social history of the raba¯ bi¯ tradition of shabad ki¯rtan Navtej K. Purewal

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Sikh Sacred Music, Empire And World Music: Aesthetics and historical change Bob van der Linden

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Book reviews

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What is Kirtan?: Observations, interventions and personal reflections Baldeep Singh

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to be updated

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Kı¯rtan Chaunkı¯: Effect, Embodiment and Memory Janice Protopapas (Gurleen Kaur)

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Musical Aesthetic in the Guru¯ Granth and Implications for the Performance Practice of Sikh Shabad K ¯ı rtan Inderjit Nilu Kaur

December 2011

ISSN 1744-8727

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Sikh Formations: Religion, Culture, Theory EDITORS Pal Ahluwalia, University of South Australia, Australia Arvind-Pal S. Mandair, University of Michigan (Ann Arbor), USA Gurharpal Singh, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK ASSOCIATE EDITORS Virinder Kalra, University of Manchester, UK Harleen Singh, Brandeis University, USA Anne Murphy, University of British Columbia, Canada BOOK REVIEWS EDITORS Michael Hawley, University of Mount Royal, Canada Rita Verma, Adelphi University, USA EDITORIAL COLLECTIVE N. G. Barrier, University of Missouri, USA; Balbinder S. Bhogal, Hofstra University, USA; Paul R. Brass, University of Washington, USA; Winand Callewaert, Stockholm University, Sweden; Radhika Chopra, University of New Delhi, India; Balwant Singh Dhillon, Guru Nanak Dev University, India; Verne Dusenbury, Hamline University, USA; J. S. Grewal, Indian Institute of Advanced Studies, Simla; Inderpal Grewal, University of California, Irvine, USA; Kathleen Hall, University of Pennyslvania, USA; Doris Jakobsh, University of Waterloo, Canada; Surinder Jodka, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India; Richard King, University of Glasgow, UK; Cynthia Mahmoud, University of Notre Dame, USA; Denis Matringe, University of Paris, France; Michael Nijhawan, York University, Canada; Harjot Oberoi, University of British Columbia, Canada; Jasbir Puar, Rutgers University; Guriqbal Sahota, University of Minnesota, USA; Christopher Shackle, School of Oriental and African Studies, London, UK; Giorgio Shani, International Christian University, Japan; Darshan Singh, Punjabi University, Patiala, India; Gurbhagat Singh, Punjabi University, Patiala, India; Mohinder Singh, Bhai Vir Singh Sahit Sadan, India; Nikky Singh, Colby College, USA; Pashaura Singh, University of California (Riverside), USA; Darshan Singh Tatla, University of Birmingham, UK PATRONS Sikh Research Foundation, UK, Bhai Mohinder Singh (Guru Nanak Nishkam Sewak Jatha), Sardarni Kuljeet Kaur Bindra, Chair in Sikh Studies Sikh Formations: Religion, Culture and Theory was founded to understand Sikhs, Sikhism and Sikh Identity within the context of a new and dynamic setting that embraces globalisation, trans-nationalism and other related processes. In particular the journal aims to: • define a new cultural and intellectual space for Sikhs and Sikhism both within Punjab and the emerging diaspora • examine the politics of knowledge and comparative cultural theory as it arises at the intersections between contemporary Sikh experience, the study of Sikhism and the disciplines of the Humanities and Social Sciences • promote enquiry into and critical reflection upon the cultural, philosophical, religious, historical and political developments within Sikhism • explore the self-understanding of these traditions and their mutual relations • examine the dialogue and inter-religious relations between Sikhism and other world spiritual traditions.

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