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Author:

Mehra, Nishta, author.

Title:

Brown, white, black : an American family at the intersection of race, gender, sexuality, and religion / Nishta Mehra.

Edition:

First edition.

Publisher:

Picador,

Copyright Date:

2019

Description:

211 pages ; 22 cm

Subject:

Mehra, Nishta.
Lesbian mothers--United States--Biography.
Racially mixed families--United States--Biography.
Interfaith families--United States--Biography.
United States--Race relations.
Autobiographies.

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.

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.

ISBN:

1250133556
9781250133557

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1039212569

LCCN:

2018024338

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Carroll)

SAPG074 -- Cedar Falls Public Library (Cedar Falls)

CEAX572 -- Kirkwood Community College Library (Cedar Rapids)

CBPF522 -- Coralville Public Library (Coralville)

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

SCPC074 -- Hudson Public Library (Hudson)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

LAPH975 -- Sioux City Public Library (Sioux City)