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