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Brown, white, black : an American family at the intersection of race, gender, sexuality, and religion Nishta J. Mehra
Historical Society of Pennsylvania - Closed Stacks HQ 75.53 .M44 2019
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Mehra, Nishta J., author.
- Standardized Title:
- Essays. Selections
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Mehra, Nishta J.
- Lesbian mothers--United States--Biography.
- Lesbian mothers.
- Multiracial families--United States--Biography.
- Multiracial families.
- Interfaith families--United States--Biography.
- Interfaith families.
- United States--Race relations.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- 211 pages ; 22 cm.
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Other Title:
- American family at the intersection of race, gender, sexuality, and religion
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Picador, 2019.
- Summary:
- 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.
- Contents:
- 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.
- Local Notes:
- The Pennsylvania Abolition Society Complementary Collection.
- ISBN:
- 9781250133557
- 1250133556
- OCLC:
- 1039212569
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