Women and the Sikh Diaspora in California: Singing the Seven Seas

This book charts the transoceanic history of South Asian women in California through their speech and songs across the twentieth century.

Nicole Ranganath reimagines the history of the South Asian diaspora through an examination of gender and the dynamic interplay of water and land in the cultural history of Sikhs, a faith and cultural community that emerged in the Punjab region of north South Asia over 550 years ago. It shows how the history and music of transoceanic communities, in this ca...