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1 online resource |
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Intro; 1 Diaspora, Memory, and Culture: Reading Gendered Gujarati Identity in Mira Kamdar's Motiba's Tattoos; 2 In Search of the Feminine: Exploring Female Characters in Early Twentieth Century Gujarati Novels; 3 A History for Gujarat: The Imagining of a Region in Edalji Dosabhai's and Ichharam Desai's Narratives; 4 Raja Bhagvatsinh and Rani Nandkunvarba of Gondal: "Valiant Champions of Female Emancipation"; 5 Sanctuary for the Soul: The Centrality of the Jamatkhana in Religious Identity Formation |
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6 "Doing prayer we kept our culture": Hindu Sacred Rites among the Gujaratis in Britain and Italy7 Culture in Motion: Dance as an Embodied Practice of Cultural Transmission; 8 Heritage Language Maintenance: Second-Generation Gujaratis in London; 9 Diaspora, Remittances and Development: A Case Study of the Dharmaj Society of London; 10 Keeping it in the Family? Her- and His-Stories among Gujarati Business Communities in the Nineteenth Century Indian Ocean |
| Summary |
"This fascinating book presents a wide-ranging collection of interdisciplinary research on Gujarati identities in India and the diaspora. An international group of women researchers from different academic backgrounds has gathered a rich set of data that provide fresh insights and raise many searching questions. We find here theoretical and practical perspectives linked to social, cultural, historical, literary and personal concerns that will appeal to and challenge a wide readership."--Page [4] of cover |
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Gujaratis (Indic people)
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Gujaratis (Indic people) -- Migrations.
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Gujaratis (Indic people) -- Foreign countries -- Ethnic identity
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Gujaratis (Indic people) -- Foreign countries -- Social life and customs
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Gujaratis (Indic people)
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Gujaratis (Indic people) -- Migrations
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Mawani, Sharmina, editor
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Mukadam, Anjoom A., editor
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| ISBN |
9783832594121 |
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3832594124 |
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