| Description |
vii, 341 pages ; 23 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 301-316) and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction / Anjana Narayan and Bandana Purkayastha -- Transgressing the sacred-secular, private-public divide / Bandana Purkayastha -- The interconnecting humanity : connections between our spiritual and secular world / Selina Jamil -- Islam through a mosaic of cultures / Parveen Talpur -- At the crossroads of religions : the experiences of a Newar woman in Nepal and the United States / Bidya Ranjeet -- Color of God : resplendent clay of Hindu images as the glow of the ineffable / Neela Bhattacharya Saxena -- I am Muslim first / Salma Kamal -- Red, bulls, and tea : cultural hashing of a 1.5er (a.k.a. second-generation reflections) / Monoswita Saha -- Interpretive intervention : religion, gender, and boundaries / Bandana Purkayastha -- Many facets of Hinduism / Anjana Narayan -- Living Hinduism and striving to achieve internal and external harmony / Shanthi Rao -- Mapping the memories of a Nepali woman in the United States / Shobha Hamal Gurung -- Bengali, Bangladesh yet Muslim / Elora Halim Chowdhury -- Religion as inspiration, religion as action / Aysha Saeed -- Muslim women between dual realities / Rafia Zakaria -- Challenging the master frame through dalit organizing in the United States / Shweta Majumdar -- Interpretive intervention : religion, practices, and resistances / Anjana Narayan -- Conclusion : human rights, religion, and gender / Bandana Purkayastha. |
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South Asian American women -- Religious life.
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Hindu women -- United States -- Social life and customs.
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Muslim women -- United States -- Social life and customs.
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| Added Author |
Narayan, Anjana, 1976-
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Purkayastha, Bandana, 1956-
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| ISBN |
9781565492707 paperback alkaline paper |
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1565492706 paperback alkaline paper |
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9781565492714 cloth alkaline paper |
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1565492714 cloth alkaline paper |
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