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Unruly immigrants : rights, activism, and transnational South Asian politics in the United States / Monisha Das Gupta.

Ebook Central University Press Available online

Ebook Central University Press

e-Duke Books Scholarly Collection Pre-2008 Archive Available online

e-Duke Books Scholarly Collection Pre-2008 Archive
Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Das Gupta, Monisha, 1961-
Series:
e-Duke books scholarly collection.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
South Asian Americans--Civil rights.
South Asian Americans.
South Asian Americans--Societies, etc.
South Asian Americans--Politics and government.
Immigrants--United States--Social conditions.
Immigrants.
Political activists--United States.
Political activists.
Civil rights movements--United States.
Civil rights movements.
Citizenship--United States.
Citizenship.
Social change--United States.
Social change.
Transnationalism.
United States--Race relations.
United States.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (333 p.)
Place of Publication:
Durham : Duke University Press, 2006.
Language Note:
English
Summary:
An analysis of how South Asian feminist, queer, and labor organizations in the United States have claimed rights for immigrants who do not have the privileges of citizenship.
Contents:
Acknowledgments
Introduction : Encounters
ch. 1. Terms of belonging
ch. 2. Contests over culture
ch. 3. Law and oppression
ch. 4. "Owning our lives" : women's organizations
ch. 5. Subverting seductions : queer organizations
ch. 6. "Know your place in history" : labor organizations
Conclusion
Notes
Works cited
Index.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [275]-298) and index.
ISBN:
9786613022431
9781283022439
1283022435
9780822388173
0822388170
OCLC:
262328123

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