South Asian in the Mid-South : Migrations of Literacies /

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"Iswari P. Pandey looks deeply into the South Asian community in Mid-South America to track the migration of literacies, showing how different meaning-making practices are adapted and reconfigured for cross-language relations and cross-cultural understanding"--

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Pandey, Iswari P (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Pittsburgh : University of Pittsburgh Press, [2015]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
South Asians > Social life and customs.
South Asians > Migrations.
Sociolinguistics.
Literacy.
Linguistic minorities.
Language and culture.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Popular Culture.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Cultural Policy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Ethnic Studies > Asian American Studies.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Literacy.
Sociolinguistique > Amerique du Sud.
Langage et culture > Amerique du Sud.
Sud-Asiatiques > Amerique du Sud > Moeurs et coutumes.
Minorites linguistiques > Amerique du Sud.
Sociolinguistics > South America.
Language and culture > South America.
Literacy > South America.
South Asians > South America > Social life and customs.
Linguistic minorities > South America.
South America.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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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