| Description |
1 online resource (198 pages) |
| Contents |
Cover -- Praise for Bones of Belonging -- Half Title Page -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Dear Reader, -- Bones -- Contents -- Survival -- 1 Silver Birch -- Dear Canada -- Raft -- Names -- Oxygen -- 2 Lion's Den -- Dear Dad -- Witness -- Purpose -- Racism -- 3 Bad Immigrant -- Ghosts -- Aunties -- Roses -- 4 Dusty Road -- Halos -- Bloom -- Skates -- 5 Sky Dancing -- Transplant -- Threads -- Sholeh Zard -- 6 Rebel Body -- Beauty -- Touch -- Grown-up -- 7 Foreign Object -- Courage -- Trickster -- Rescue -- Kintsugi -- 8 Racial Imposter -- Gaps -- Language -- Pearls -- 9 Boss Lady -- Strength -- Power -- Welcome -- Soothe -- 10 Ocean Intelligence -- Survival 2 -- Epilogue -- Acknowledgements -- About the Author -- Back Cover |
| Summary |
"Sharp, funny, and poignant stories of what it's like to be a Brown woman working for change in a white world. I take a deep breath, check my lipstick one last time on my phone camera, and turn on my mic. It's about ten steps, two metres, and one lifetime to the front of the room. "Hello," I repeat. "My name is Annahid--pronounced Ah-nah-heed--and shit's about to get real!" In a series of deft interlocking stories Annahid Dashtgard shares her experiences searching for, and teaching about, belonging in our deeply divided world. A critically acclaimed, racialized immigrant writer and recognized inclusion leader, Dashtgard writes with wisdom, honesty, and a wry humour as she considers what it means to belong--to a country, in a marriage, in our own skin--and what it means when belonging is absent. Like the bones of the human body, these stories knit together a remarkable vision of what wholeness looks like as a racial outsider in a culture still dominated by whiteness. "-- Provided by publisher |
| Notes |
Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on May 30, 2023) |
| Subject |
Dashtgard, Annahid.
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Social integration.
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Belonging (Social psychology)
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Race awareness.
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Equality.
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Belonging (Social psychology)
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Equality
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Race awareness
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Social integration
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781459750630 |
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1459750632 |
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9781459750647 |
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1459750640 |
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