Beyond ethnic loneliness : the pain of marginalization and the path to belonging / Prasanta Verma.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Anumolu, Prasannata Verma, 1968- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

East Indian Americans.

East Indian Americans--Cultural assimilation.

East Indian Americans--Social conditions.

Ethnic relations--Religious aspects--Christianity.

Ethnic relations.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (215 pages) : color illustrations, color portrait

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Pain of marginalization and the path to belonging

Place of Publication:

Downers Grove, IL : InterVarsity Press, [2024].

Summary:

""So what are you? Go back where you belong!" Majority white American culture has historically marginalized people of color, who at times feel invisible and alienated and at other times are traumatized by oppression and public discrimination. This reality leads to a particular kind of aloneness: ethnic and racial loneliness. An Indian American immigrant who grew up in white Southern culture, Prasanta Verma names and sheds light on the realities of ethnic loneliness. She unpacks the exhausting effects of cultural isolation, the dynamics of marginalization, and the weight of being other. In the midst of disconnection and erasure, she points to the longing to belong, the need to share our stories, and the hope of finding safe friendships and community. Our places of exile can become places where we find belonging--to ourselves, to others, and to God."--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction: A Country With No Name

Part One: So, what are you? Understanding Ethnic Loneliness

1. Defining Ethnic Loneliness

2. Disbelonging and Home

3. Beauty, Belonging, and Identity Theft

4. Isolated and Othered

5. Marginalized and Stranded

6. Exiled and Disconnected

Part Two: So, What can be done? The Path to Belonging

7. Trauma and Healing

8. Sharing Our Stories

9. From Disbelonging to Belonging

10. A Better Country

Acknowledgments

Appendix A: BIPOC Mental Health Resources

Appendix B: Further Reading.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on online resource (viewed 16 September 2024), publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

9781514007426

1514007428

OCLC:

1422229576