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Title Emerging voices : South Asian American women redefine self, family, and community / editor, Sangeeta R. Gupta.

Publication Info. Walnut Creek : AltaMira Press, [1999]
©1999

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 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  305.48891 E53E    Check Shelf
Description 259 pages ; 22 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Adolescent development for South Asian American girls / Kauser Ahmed -- In search of self / Sabah Aafreen -- A generation in transition: gender ideology of graduate students from India at an American university / Lalita Subrahmanyan -- Fragments of a hybrid's discourse / Lubna Chaudhry -- From Starbucks to a Sangeet: whether at a trendy Western spot or traditional Eastern gathering, South Asian women are dealing with the same issues every moment of their lives / R. Kamna Narain -- The management of desire: sexuality and marriage for young South Asian women in America / Karen Leonard -- Walking on the edge: Indian-American women speak out on dating and marriage / Sangeeta R. Gupta -- The case of the brown memsahib: issues that confront working South Asian wives and mothers / Sudha Sethu Balagopal -- The paradoxes of the Kama Sutra and the veil: Asian-indian women and marital sexuality / Mantosh Singh Devji -- Forged by fire: Indian-American women reflect on their marriages, divorces, and on rebuilding lives / Sangeeta R. Gupta -- The life waiting for me / Pooja K. -- The habit of ex-nomination: nation, woman, and the Indian immigrant bourgeoisie / Anannya Bhattacharjee.
Subject East Indian American women -- Ethnic identity.
Pakistani American women -- Ethnic identity.
East Indian American women -- Family relationships.
Pakistani American women -- Family relationships.
East Indian American women -- Social conditions.
Pakistani American women -- Social conditions.
Added Author Guptā, Saṅgītā, Ḍô.
ISBN 0761992952 cloth
0761992960 paperback
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