Rita Verma
Biographic Data
| ID | 6806152 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Rita Verma |
| GIVEN NAMES | Rita |
| FAMILY NAME | Verma |
| SIGNATURE | VERMA R |
| AFFILIATIONS | Adelphi University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-6622-124X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 14 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 7 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2006 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Disrupting Hate in Education
Critical Peace Education and Global Citizenship
Critical Peace Education and Global Citizenship offers narrative accounts representing multiple ways teacher and learner activists have come to realize possibilities for peace and reconciliation through unofficial curricula. With these narratives, the book demonstrates the connections between critical peace education and such crucial issues as human trafficking, gang violence, contested narratives of nationhood and belonging, gender identities, a…
Sikh TEMPLE Carnage A message lost
Outrage. Shock. Remorse. The feelings were familiar. The turbaned individuals on the television screens were community members, citizens of the USA, your co-workers, helpful neighbors, your friendl
Nostalgia, the Public Space and Diaspora
At what cost are alternative identities shunned and marginalized in the private space for the sake of nostalgia? In this paper, I will discuss the many facets of immigrant identities that become contested in diasporic contexts; and argue for a need to reconsider and create spaces for dialogue in regard to certain cultural boundaries that are set within Sikh traditions and cultural mores. When youth choose alternative forms of identity expression …
Introduction Vulnerable Minorities 1
Making Meaning of 1984 in Cyberspace
VANCOUVER –A group of B.C. Sikh students who wore controversial T-shirts to school have sparked a debate within their community and left some wondering why a group of youths would latch onto a divisive movement dating from before they were born. The students showed up to Surrey's Princess Margaret Secondary School earlier this month wearing shirts emblazoned with the word Khalistan, referring to a Sikh separatist movement advocating for a Sikh ho…
Backlash: South Asian Immigrant Voices on the Margins
Trauma, cultural survival and identity politics in a post-9/11 era
This article presents findings from an ethnographic study of Sikh immigrant communities after 9/11. Notions of ‘belonging’ and ‘home’ are deeply fragmented for the Sikh families, especially the youth, and these complex social processes are explored. The post 9/11 backlash was pivotal in this community as it created more barriers for the youth in their schools as they became victims of racist slurs, threats and physical assault that were treated w…
Trauma, cultural survival and identity politics in a post-9/11 era
This article presents findings from an ethnographic study of Sikh immigrant communities after 9/11. Notions of ‘belonging’ and ‘home’ are deeply fragmented for the Sikh families, especially the youth, and these complex social processes are explored. The post 9/11 backlash was pivotal in this community as it created more barriers for the youth in their schools as they became victims of racist slurs, threats and physical assault that were treated w…
Nostalgia, the Public Space and Diaspora
At what cost are alternative identities shunned and marginalized in the private space for the sake of nostalgia? In this paper, I will discuss the many facets of immigrant identities that become contested in diasporic contexts; and argue for a need to reconsider and create spaces for dialogue in regard to certain cultural boundaries that are set within Sikh traditions and cultural mores. When youth choose alternative forms of identity expression …
Introduction Vulnerable Minorities 1
Making Meaning of 1984 in Cyberspace
VANCOUVER –A group of B.C. Sikh students who wore controversial T-shirts to school have sparked a debate within their community and left some wondering why a group of youths would latch onto a divisive movement dating from before they were born. The students showed up to Surrey's Princess Margaret Secondary School earlier this month wearing shirts emblazoned with the word Khalistan, referring to a Sikh separatist movement advocating for a Sikh ho…
Trauma, cultural survival and identity politics in a post-9/11 era
This article presents findings from an ethnographic study of Sikh immigrant communities after 9/11. Notions of ‘belonging’ and ‘home’ are deeply fragmented for the Sikh families, especially the youth, and these complex social processes are explored. The post 9/11 backlash was pivotal in this community as it created more barriers for the youth in their schools as they became victims of racist slurs, threats and physical assault that were treated w…
Backlash: South Asian Immigrant Voices on the Margins
Making Meaning of 1984 in Cyberspace
VANCOUVER –A group of B.C. Sikh students who wore controversial T-shirts to school have sparked a debate within their community and left some wondering why a group of youths would latch onto a divisive movement dating from before they were born. The students showed up to Surrey's Princess Margaret Secondary School earlier this month wearing shirts emblazoned with the word Khalistan, referring to a Sikh separatist movement advocating for a Sikh ho…
Introduction Vulnerable Minorities 1
Sikh TEMPLE Carnage A message lost
Outrage. Shock. Remorse. The feelings were familiar. The turbaned individuals on the television screens were community members, citizens of the USA, your co-workers, helpful neighbors, your friendl
Nostalgia, the Public Space and Diaspora
At what cost are alternative identities shunned and marginalized in the private space for the sake of nostalgia? In this paper, I will discuss the many facets of immigrant identities that become contested in diasporic contexts; and argue for a need to reconsider and create spaces for dialogue in regard to certain cultural boundaries that are set within Sikh traditions and cultural mores. When youth choose alternative forms of identity expression …
Critical Peace Education and Global Citizenship
Critical Peace Education and Global Citizenship offers narrative accounts representing multiple ways teacher and learner activists have come to realize possibilities for peace and reconciliation through unofficial curricula. With these narratives, the book demonstrates the connections between critical peace education and such crucial issues as human trafficking, gang violence, contested narratives of nationhood and belonging, gender identities, a…
Disrupting Hate in Education
Sociology (8 works) · Political science (7 works) · Law (6 works) · Gender Studies (4 works) · History (4 works) · Law (4 works) · Politics (4 works) · Psychology (4 works) · Gender Studies (3 works) · History (3 works)