Displaying 1 of 1 2020 Format: Book Author: Mehra, Nishta J. author. Title: Brown white black : an American family at the intersection of race, gender, sexuality, and religion / Nishta J. Mehra. Edition: First Picador paperback edition Publisher, Date: New York : Picador, 2020. ©2019 Description: 221 pages ; 21 cm 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. Subjects: Mehra, Nishta J. Lesbian mothers -- United States -- Biography. Racially mixed families -- United States -- Biography. Interfaith families -- United States -- Biography. United States -- Race relations. Genre: Autobiographies. Other Title: Essays. Selections Notes: Inlcudes a Q&A with the author and a new afterword. 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. ISBN: 1250295718 9781250295712 Other Number: 1099207321 System Availability: 2 Current Holds: 0 # Local items: 2 Control Number: 880806 # Local items in: 2 # System items in: 2 Call Number: 306.874 Mehra Place Hold Add to My List Expand All | Collapse All Availability Map It Suggestions and more Displaying 1 of 1
