2017/10/02 by Jasleen Singh · 1 citation
Arts and Humanities · Social Sciences · #South Asian Studies and Diaspora #South Asian Studies and Conflicts #South Asian Cinema and Culture
paper · doi:10.1080/17448727.2017.1382632
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Post-9/11 era is marked by the resurgence of white American nationalisms across the country. Members of Arab, Muslim, Sikh, and South Asian communities experienced hate crimes, anti-immigrant sentiments, and government surveillance due to suspicions of being ‘terrorist-monsters’. Since 2001, Sikh advocacy groups participated in the nationalist discourse to express their desire for legitimacy as national subjects while distancing themselves from the ‘terrorist-other’. This article explores the politics embedded within the thrusts of these desires. I examine the disciplining nature of these groups and the possible ways they homogenize and foreclose Sikh subjectivities through a rather violent love for the nation.