{"product_id":"not-quite-not-white-losing-and-finding-race-in-america-paperback","title":"Not Quite Not White: Losing and Finding Race in America - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSharmila Sen\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the ALA Asian\/Pacific American Award for Nonfiction\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Captivating... [a] heartfelt account of how newcomers carve a space for themselves in the melting pot of America.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e--Publishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA first-generation immigrant's \"intimate, passionate look at race in America\" (Viet Thanh Nguyen), an American's journey into the heart of not-whiteness. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAt the age of 12, Sharmila Sen emigrated from India to the U.S. The year was 1982, and everywhere she turned, she was asked to self-report her race - on INS forms, at the doctor's office, in middle school. Never identifying with a race in the India of her childhood, she rejects her new \"not quite\" designation - not quite white, not quite black, not quite Asian -- and spends much of her life attempting to blend into American whiteness. But after her teen years trying to assimilate--watching shows like \u003ci\u003eGeneral Hospital \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Jeffersons\u003c\/i\u003e, dancing to Duran Duran and Prince, and perfecting the art of Jell-O no-bake desserts--she is forced to reckon with the hard questions: What does it mean to be white, why does whiteness retain the magic cloak of invisibility while other colors are made hypervisible, and how much does whiteness figure into Americanness? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePart memoir, part manifesto, \u003ci\u003eNot Quite Not White\u003c\/i\u003e is a searing appraisal of race and a path forward for the next not quite not white generation --a witty and sharply honest story of discovering that not-whiteness can be the very thing that makes us American.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eSharmila Sen grew up in Calcutta, India, and immigrated to the United States when she was twelve. She was educated in the public schools of Cambridge, Mass., received her A.B. from Harvard and her Ph.D. from Yale in English literature. As an assistant professor at Harvard she taught courses on literatures from Africa, Asia, and the Caribbean for seven years. Currently, she is the Editorial Director at Harvard University Press. Sharmila has lived and worked in India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh. She has lectured around the world on postcolonial literature and culture and published essays on racism and immigration. Sharmila resides in Cambridge, Mass., with her architect husband and their three children.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 224\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 8.2 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 28, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51753774252320,"sku":"9780143131380","price":27.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/04aa0d9486a50073c2b83346baeab934.webp?v=1780027215","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/not-quite-not-white-losing-and-finding-race-in-america-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}