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  • 3 - Shaping Sikh Youth Subjectivities in a US Gurdwara

  • from Part I - Socializing Values, Dispositions, and Stances
  • Edited by Matthew J. Burdelski, Kathryn M. Howard
  • Book:
    Language Socialization in Classrooms
    Published online:
    10 February 2020
    Print publication:
    13 February 2020, pp 49-70

  • Summary

    This chapter employs the language socialization approach to analyze the heteroglossic nature of linguistic practices and moral discourses in Sikh history classes at a US gurdwara (Sikh temple). Based on ethnographic audiovisual recordings, observations, and interviews carried out in a Sikh education program over a two-year period, analyses of classroom interactions during educational activities illuminate the semiotic repertoires that shape and reflect notions of ethno-religious identification in a minority community in transition and the multiple discourses tied to community survival. The analysis of classroom interactions reveals the collaborative and, at times, conflictual processes of coming to terms with forging a coherent model of Sikh community norms. The findings demonstrate how postcolonial concepts of modernity and transnational identity formation are reflected in youth experiences and language practices as they grapple with the contemporary sociopolitical landscape of the United States. The chapter provides a unique perspective on links between classroom discourse and diasporic community innovations.