South Asian in the mid-south : migrations of literacies /

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"In an age of global anxiety and suspicion, South Asian immigrants juggle multiple cultural and literate traditions in Mid-South America. In this study Iswari P. Pandey looks deeply into this community to track the migration of literacies, showing how different meaning-making practices are adap...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Pandey, Iswari P (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Pittsburgh : University of Pittsburgh Press, [2015]
Colección:Pittsburgh series in composition, literacy, and culture.
Temas:
Linguistic minorities > South America.
South Asians > Migrations.
South Asians > South America > Social life and customs.
Literacy > South America.
Language and culture > South America.
Sociolinguistics > South America.
Minorités linguistiques > Amérique du Sud.
Sud-Asiatiques > Amérique du Sud > Mœurs et coutumes.
Langage et culture > Amérique du Sud.
Sociolinguistique > Amérique du Sud.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Literacy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Ethnic Studies > Asian American Studies.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Cultural Policy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Popular Culture.
Language and culture
Linguistic minorities
Literacy
Sociolinguistics
South Asians > Migrations
South Asians > Social life and customs
South America
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Acknowledgments; In Place of a Preface: Cautions, Considerations; 1. Departures and Returns: Literacy Practices across Borders; 2. En Route: Reconsidering Sites and Subjects or Research in Motion; 3. Genes and Jeans: Sanskrit South Asia in the US Mid-South, and Back Again; 4. Detours and Diversions: (Re)Writing Gender Roles; 5. Arrivals, Interrogations, Responses: "Islamic Ways of Life" or the Literacy Practices of an "Other" Nation; 6. Between Departures and Returns: Literacies of Migrations, Migrations of Literacies; Appendix: Initial Interview Script; Notes; References; Index.

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