Routledge Handbook of Punjab Studies

The Routledge Handbook of Punjab Studies offers a comprehensive introduction to the field of Punjab studies. Chapters cover the history, politics, economics, culture, religion and society as well as the Punjab diaspora, and the Handbook is structured into six parts: Punjab, Partition and Beyond; Economic Development: Labour, Resources and Challenges; Political Contestations and Movements; Cultural Repositioning: Language, Literature and the Arts; Religion, Caste and Gender; and Diasporic Dilemmas. Topics explored include migration, memory, anti-colonialism, industrialisation, federalism, river water disputes, agriculture, ecology, communism, conflict, militancy, counter-insurgency, poetry, cinema, plays, music, theology, sexuality, inequality, tribal marginalisation, multiculturalism, diasporic homeland connections and gender-based violence. Providing an interdisciplinary analysis by a set of international contributors, this Handbook will be an indispensable resource for researchers and students in the field of South Asian studies in general and Sikh and Punjab studies in particular.

About the Author

Pritam Singh is Professor Emeritus of Economics at Oxford Brookes Business School, UK. Professor Singh is on the editorial board of several leading journals in South Asian/Punjab studies and eco-socialist studies. He has held visiting positions at the University of Oxford, UK; the University of Uberlandia, Brazil; Lomonosov Moscow State University, Russia; and Jawaharlal Nehru University, India. In 2015, the World Association of Political Economy honoured him with the Distinguished Achievement Award in Political Economy, and in 2021, the University of California (Riverside) honoured him with a Lifetime Achievement Award for his distinguished contribution to Sikh and Punjab studies.

Meena Dhanda is Professor of Philosophy and Cultural Politics at the University of Wolverhampton, UK, and is also Visiting Professor in the Department of Media and Communications at the London School of Economics and Political Science, UK. Her transdisciplinary research lies at the intersections of caste, class, gender and race.