The Bangladeshi diaspora in the United States after 9/11 : from obscurity to high visibility /
After 9/11, Bangladeshi-Americans felt pressured to see their identities in binary Muslim vs. American terms. They refused to accept this identity not only because it does not fit, but also because it curtails their ability to engage society in multiple terms and to exercise their rights as citizens...
| Основен автор: | Rahman, Shafiqur (Of Chadron State College) |
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| Формат: | Електронна книга |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
El Paso :
LFB Scholarly Pub.,
©2011.
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| Серия: |
New Americans (LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC)
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| Онлайн достъп: |
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=520562 |
| Подобни документи: |
Print version::
Bangladeshi diaspora in the United States after 9/11. |
| Резюме: |
After 9/11, Bangladeshi-Americans felt pressured to see their identities in binary Muslim vs. American terms. They refused to accept this identity not only because it does not fit, but also because it curtails their ability to engage society in multiple terms and to exercise their rights as citizens. Bangladeshis? experiences were colored by gender, generation, and social class. While the first-generation Bangladeshis maintain strong connections with Bangladesh and prefer to be identified as Bangladeshi-Americans, the second-generation identifies as?desi??a generic South Asian identity, which. |
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| Физически характеристики: |
1 online resource (vii, 243 pages) : illustrations. |
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Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. |
| Библиография: |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
159332667X 9781593326678 |