Of Silk Saris & Mini-Skirts South Asian
by Handa, Amita
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U.S.A.: Women's Press (UK), 2003. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. New. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Women's Press (UK), 2003. Paperback. Book Condition: New. Second Impression. New book with light shelf wear., Of Silk Saris and Mini-Skirts: South Asian Girls Walk the Tightrope of Culture, Amita Handa, Dr Handa explores issues surrounding the way identity is imagined and constructed by South Asian girls, women, and South Asian community workers in Toronto. The author also examines ways in which young South Asian women are constructed and represented through discourses of race, nation, culture, and community. Handa suggests that young South Asian women find themselves caught between these fragmented aspects of the self. Using feedback from her interviews, the author discusses South Asian women's struggle with the threat of the erosion of their "authentic" cultural practices. Handa's critical theoretical perspective illuminates how South Asian women struggle to live within the boundaries of cultural preservation at the same time that they embrace aspects of the communities in which they live. She explores whether they both desire and are excluded from Canadian cultural hegemony. She also examines the theoretical implications of exclusion and, conversely, the problematic of "cultural preservation".
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- Title
- Of Silk Saris & Mini-Skirts South Asian
- Author
- Handa, Amita
- Format/Binding
- Soft cover
- Book Condition
- New New
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition 1st Printing
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0889614067
- ISBN 13
- 9780889614062
- Publisher
- Women's Press (UK)
- Place of Publication
- U.S.A.
- Date Published
- 2003
- Pages
- 228
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
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