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Author Das Gupta, Monisha, 1961-

Title Unruly immigrants : rights, activism, and transnational South Asian politics in the United States / Monisha Das Gupta
Published Durham : Duke University Press, 2006

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Description 1 online resource (xi, 318 pages)
Series e-Duke books scholarly collection.
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
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
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-298) and index
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Subject South Asian Americans -- Civil rights
South Asian Americans -- Societies, etc
South Asian Americans -- Politics and government
Immigrants -- United States -- Social conditions
Political activists -- United States.
Civil rights movements -- United States.
Citizenship -- United States
Social change -- United States
Transnationalism.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Ethnic Studies -- General.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Minority Studies.
Citizenship
Civil rights movements
Immigrants -- Social conditions
Political activists
Race relations
Social change
Transnationalism
Auswanderung
Einwanderung
Bürgerrecht
Staatsangehörigkeit
SUBJECT United States -- Race relations. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140494
Subject United States
Südasien
USA
Südasiaten.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780822388173
0822388170