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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Aarti RatnaPublisher: Rutgers University Press Imprint: Rutgers University Press Dimensions: Width: 14.00cm , Height: 1.30cm , Length: 21.60cm Weight: 0.200kg ISBN: 9781978834118ISBN 10: 197883411 Pages: 164 Publication Date: 12 April 2024 Recommended Age: From 18 to 99 years Audience: College/higher education , College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Tertiary & Higher Education , Tertiary & Higher Education Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Awaiting stock  The supplier is currently out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you and placed on backorder. Once it does come back in stock, we will ship it out for you. Table of ContentsReviews“Philosophically expansive, theoretically sophisticated, and methodologically complex, A Nation of Family and Friends? charts new intertextual terrains that elevate our understandings of South Asian diasporas, race, gender, ethnicity, class, and leisure. With incredible analytic precision, Aarti Ratna provides a must read for those interested in the politics of belonging, nationalism, and ethno-nationalism. A brilliant book in the service of social justice!” -- Stanley I. Thangaraj * author of Desi Hoop Dreams: Pickup Basketball and the Making of Asian American Masculinity * “A Nation of Family and Friends? offers a much-needed exploration into the sporting and leisure experiences of South Asian women, which has thus far lacked visibility and depth of analysis. I commend Aarti Ratna on the work put into this project and her determination to create something unique and against the grain.” -- Courtney Szto * author of Changing on the Fly: Hockey through the Voices of South Asian Canadians * “A Nation of Family and Friends? offers a much-needed exploration into the sporting and leisure experiences of South Asian women, which has thus far lacked visibility and depth of analysis. I commend Aarti Ratna on the work put into this project and her determination to create something unique and against the grain.”— Courtney Szto, author of Changing on the Fly: Hockey through the Voices of South Asian Canadians “Philosophically expansive, theoretically sophisticated, and methodologically complex, A Nation of Family and Friends? charts new intertextual terrains that elevate our understandings of South Asian diasporas, race, gender, ethnicity, class, and leisure. With incredible analytic precision, Aarti Ratna provides a must read for those interested in the politics of belonging, nationalism, and ethno-nationalism. A brilliant book in the service of social justice!” — Stanley I. Thangaraj, author of Desi Hoop Dreams: Pickup Basketball and the Making of Asian American Masculinity “A Nation of Family and Friends? offers a much-needed exploration into the sporting and leisure experiences of South Asian women, which has thus far lacked visibility and depth of analysis. I commend Aarti Ratna on the work put into this project and her determination to create something unique and against the grain.” -- Courtney Szto * author of Changing on the Fly: Hockey through the Voices of South Asian Canadians * Author InformationAARTI RATNA teaches and writes about race, gender, and popular culture, focusing on the sport and leisure engagements of British Asian girls and women. They co-edited Gender, Race and Sport: The Politics of Ethnic “Other” Girls and Women and are an associate professor in the Department of Social Sciences at Northumbria University in Newcastle, UK. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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