Personal stories combine with historical, media, and popular culture accounts to illuminate themes of departure and arrival, gender relations, education, work, marriage, parenting, ties with the home country, and community building. By exploring the local Pacific Northwest dimension of a global immigrant phenomena, this important study deconstructs stereotypes and cultural assumptions made by non- South Asians and South Asians alike.
Amy Bhatt is assistant professor of gender and women's studies at the University of Maryland-Baltimore County. Nalini Iyer is professor of English at Seattle University.
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Personal stories combine with historical, media, and popular culture accounts to illuminate themes of departure and arrival, gender relations, education, work, marriage, parenting, ties with the home country, and community building. By exploring the local Pacific Northwest dimension of a global immigrant phenomena, this important study deconstructs stereotypes and cultural assumptions made by non- South Asians and South Asians alike.
Amy Bhatt is assistant professor of gender and women's studies at the University of Maryland-Baltimore County. Nalini Iyer is professor of English at Seattle University.
Imprint | University of Washington Press |
Country of origin | United States |
Release date | May 2013 |
Availability | Expected to ship within 12 - 17 working days |
First published | 2013 |
Authors | Amy Bhatt, Nalini Iyer |
Foreword by | Deepa Banerjee |
Dimensions | 229 x 152 x 24mm (L x W x T) |
Format | Hardcover - Cloth over boards |
Pages | 276 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-295-99244-0 |
Barcode | 9780295992440 |
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LSN | 0-295-99244-1 |