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001 2008028263
003 DLC
005 20080707175332.0
008 080625s2008 vau b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2008028263
020 $a9781565492707 (pbk. : alk. paper)
020 $a9781565492714 (cloth : alk. paper)
040 $aDLC$cDLC
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050 00 $aE184.S69$bL58 2008
082 00 $a305.40954$222
245 00 $aLiving our religions :$bSouth Asian American Hindu and Muslim women narrate their experiences /$cedited by Anjana Narayan and Bandana Purkayastha.
260 $aSterling, VA :$bKumarian Press,$c2008.
263 $a0812
300 $ap. cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aIntroduction / Anjana Narayan and Bandana Purkayastha -- Transgressing the sacred-secular, private-public divide / Bandana Purkayastha -- The interconne(a)cting humanity : connections between our spiritual and secular world / Selina Jamil -- Islam through a mosaic of cultures / Parveen Talpur -- At the cross roads of religions : the experiences of a Newar woman in Nepal and the US / Bidya Ranjeet -- Color of God : resplendent clay of Hindu images as the glow of the ineffable / Neela Bhattacharya Saxena -- I am Muslim first / Salma Kamal -- Red, bulls, and tea : cultural hashing of a 1.5er (a.k.a. second-generation reflections) / Monoswita Saha -- Interpretive intervention : religion, gender, boundaries -- Many facets of Hinduism / Anjana Narayan -- Living Hinduism : striving to achieve internal and external harmony / Shanthi Rao -- Growing up Hindu : mapping the memories of a Nepali woman in the US / Shobha Hamal Gurung -- Bengali, Bangladesh yet Muslim / Elora Halim Chowdhury -- Religion as inspiration, religion as action / Aysha Saeed -- Muslim women between two realities / Rafia Zakaria -- Challenging the master frame through dalit organizing in the US / Shweta Majumdar -- Interpretive intervention : religion, practices, resistances -- Conclusion : human rights, religion, and gender / Bandana Purkayastha.
650 0 $aSouth Asian American women$xReligious life.
650 0 $aHindu women$zUnited States$xSocial life and customs.
650 0 $aMuslim women$zUnited States$xSocial life and customs.
700 1 $aNarayan, Anjana,$d1976-
700 1 $aPurkayastha, Bandana,$d1956-