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Mehra, Nishta, author.
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Mehra, Nishta.
Lesbian mothers -- United States -- Biography.
Racially mixed families -- United States -- Biography.
Interfaith families -- United States -- Biography.
United States -- Race relations.
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Brown, white, black : an American family at the intersection of race, gender, sexuality, and religion / Nishta J. Mehra.
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Mehra, Nishta, author.
New York : Picador, 2019.
Subjects
Mehra, Nishta.
Lesbian mothers -- United States -- Biography.
Racially mixed families -- United States -- Biography.
Interfaith families -- United States -- Biography.
United States -- Race relations.
ISBN:
9781250133557 (hardcover) :
1250133556 (hardcover)
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211 pages ; 22 cm
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First edition.
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.
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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.
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