World as family : a journey of multi-rooted belongings /

"Vishakha N. Desai uses her life experiences to explore the significance of living globally and its urgency for our current moment. She weaves her narrative arc from growing up in a Gandhian household in Ahmedabad to arriving in the United States as a seventeen-year-old exchange student and her...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Desai, Vishakha N. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Columbia University Press, [2021]
Temas:
Desai, Vishakha N.
East Indian American women > Biography.
Women, East Indian > United States > Biography.
Women immigrants > United States > Biography.
Intellectuals > United States > Biography.
Women college teachers > United States > Biography.
Globalization > Social aspects.
Belonging (Social psychology)
Communities.
Américaines d'origine indienne > Biographies.
Immigrantes > États-Unis > Biographies.
Intellectuels > États-Unis > Biographies.
Professeures (Enseignement supérieur) > États-Unis > Biographies.
Mondialisation > Aspect social.
Appartenance (Psychologie sociale)
Communauté.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Educators.
Communities
East Indian American women
Globalization > Social aspects
Intellectuals
Women college teachers
Women, East Indian
Women immigrants
United States
Autobiography
Biography
autobiographies (literary works)
Autobiographies
Biographies
Autobiographies.
Biographies.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Too bad, another girl!
  • Home : beams, dreams and food
  • Dancing with gods
  • Who is Kwame Nkrumah?
  • Strangers become "family"
  • Vietnam : war or country?
  • The trauma of return
  • Attachments, made/unmade
  • Art connections
  • Between being and becoming
  • Expanding identities
  • Death and life in the diasporic family
  • Perceptions and problematics of belonging
  • Building communities across borders
  • Remaking "home" in the world
  • Creating the culture of "us"
  • Epilogue: Becoming "family" in a world of pandemics.

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