Vishakha N Desai

World as Family

A Journey of Multi-Rooted Belongings

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Produktbeschreibung

Vishakha N. Desai uses her life experiences to explore the significance of living globally and its urgency for our current moment. She reframes the idea of what it means to be global, considering how to lead a life of multiple belongings without losing local and national affinities.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Columbia University Press
• Seitenzahl: 296
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. Oktober 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 155mm x 229mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 440g
• ISBN-13: 9780231195997
• ISBN-10: 0231195990
• Artikelnr.: 63764646

Autorenporträt

Vishakha N. Desai

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
I. Roots
1. Too Bad, Another Girl!
2. Home: Beams, Dreams, and Food
3. Dancing with Gods
4. Who Is Kwame Nkrumah?
II. Crossing
5. Strangers Become "Family"
6. Vietnam: War or Country?
7. The Trauma of Return
III. In-Between-Ness of Belonging
8. Attachments, Made/Unmade
9. Art Connections
10. Between Being and Becoming
IV. Expanding the Circle/Back to the Center
11. Expanding Identities
12. Death and Life in the Diasporic Family
13. Perceptions and Problematics of Belonging
V. At Home in the World
14. Building Communities across Borders
15. Remaking "Home" in the World
16. Creating a Culture of "Us"
Epilogue: Becoming "Family" in a World of Pandemics
Acknowledgments
Notes