Burning Bodies: Religion, Race, and Migrant Funerary Practices in the Early 20th-Century Pacific West

This article explores the complex intersections of religion and bodies through the lens of Sikh migrant cremations in the early 20th century Pacific West. Sampling English-language from 1900 to 1920, it highlights how racial and civilizational biases shaped discourses on open-pyre migrant cremations...

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Subtitles:Religion and Bodies
Main Author: Puri, Jyoti (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Interlibrary Loan:Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany)
Published: 2025
In: Journal for the scientific study of religion
Year: 2025, Volume: 64, Issue: 4, Pages: 375-384
Further subjects:B Lived Religion
B Newspapers
B sikh migrants
B dead bodies
B Cremations
Online Access: Presumably Free Access
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