Situating Sikh Diasporic Dubs: A Case Study Featuring Humble the Poet and Sikh Knowledge

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dc.contributor.advisorYon, Daniel
dc.creatorKauldher, Amrita
dc.date.accessioned2018-03-01T13:43:01Z
dc.date.available2018-03-01T13:43:01Z
dc.date.copyright2017-04-24
dc.date.issued2018-03-01
dc.date.updated2018-03-01T13:43:01Z
dc.degree.disciplineSocial Anthropology
dc.degree.levelMaster's
dc.degree.nameMA - Master of Arts
dc.description.abstractThe turban and beard has been a focus of Sikh identity in the diaspora and since 2010 has resurged across North American within popular culture and social media. Based on virtual and visual research conducted on social media, qualitative interviews and lyrical analysis, this case study explores the concept of vernacular cosmopolitanism and Canadian hip hop in relationship to Punjabi-Sikh identities, articulated and performed by artists Humble the Poet and Sikh Knowledge. This case study addresses a lacuna of scholarship available on Punjabi-Sikh identity and hip hop by providing an analysis of album Turban Sex and book/album campaign for UnLEARN: Butterflies and Lions. I will explore how both artists respectively affirm and destabilize identity politics of popular representations of Punjabi-Sikh ethnicity and heritage. Looking beyond turbans and beards and labels of "ethno hip hop" or "desi rap", this research aims to interrogate the limits of multiculturalism and antiracism.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10315/34242
dc.language.isoen
dc.rightsAuthor owns copyright, except where explicitly noted. Please contact the author directly with licensing requests.
dc.subjectCultural anthropology
dc.subject.keywordsVernacular cosmopolitanisms
dc.subject.keywordsSikh studies
dc.subject.keywordsHip hop
dc.subject.keywordsSocial media
dc.subject.keywordsSocial activism
dc.subject.keywordsTurban
dc.subject.keywordsAesthetic
dc.subject.keywordsEthnicity
dc.subject.keywordsHeritage
dc.subject.keywordsHumble the Poet
dc.subject.keywordsSikh Knowledge
dc.titleSituating Sikh Diasporic Dubs: A Case Study Featuring Humble the Poet and Sikh Knowledge
dc.typeElectronic Thesis or Dissertation

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