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Brown, white, black : an American family at the intersection of race, gender, sexuality, and religion / Nishta J. Mehra.
Essays describe how the author's experiences as an Indian American, the wife of a white Christian woman, and the mother of an adopted black son have been challenged by rigid cultural family norms.
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- ISBN: 9781250133557
- ISBN: 1250133556
- Physical Description: 211 pages ; 22 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York : Picador, 2019.
Content descriptions
| Formatted Contents Note: | All-American ethnic girl -- Black is the color of my true love's hair -- Working the trap -- Voluntarily bald -- Wrestling with ghosts -- Cult of motherhood -- The sin of our security -- Raising Shiv -- Making space -- Pretending to be white -- (Not) passing -- This is what a family looks like. |
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| Genre: | Autobiographies. |
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| Abington Community Library | 92 MEHRA (Text) | 50687011645200 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
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| Bethlehem Main Library | 306.874 (Text) | 33062009115552 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Cambria County Library | 306.874 M498b (Text) | 85131001654210 | CACM Non-Fiction | Available | - |
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