Amy Bhatt, Nalini Iyer

Roots and Reflections

South Asians in the Pacific Northwest

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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.

---

Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Washington Press
• Seitenzahl: 276
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. August 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 440g
• ISBN-13: 9780295994260
• ISBN-10: 0295994266
• Artikelnr.: 40719896

Autorenporträt

Amy Bhatt is Associate Professor of Gender and Women's Studies at the University of Maryland Baltimore County, and coauthor with Nalini Iyer of Roots and Reflections: South Asians in the Pacific Northwest (UWP, 2013).

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword by Deepa Banerjee
Preface
Introduction: Situating Stories
An Introduction to South Asian Communities in the Pacific Northwest
1. "Finding Traces of Our Existence Here": Pre-World War Two South Asian
Migrations
2. Routes and Roots: Stories of Departure and Arrival
3. Creating Professional Classes: Education and Training
4. All in a Day's Work: Employment, Migration, and Identity
5. Falling from the Tree: Family, Gender, and Generational Differences
6. Seeds Take Root: Growing South Asian Communities in the Pacific
Northwest
Epilogue: Meditations on Methodologies
Appendix 1. Interviews in the South Asian Oral History Project
Appendix 2. Narrator Biographies
Notes
References
Index