The Resource Where I Come From
Where I Come From
Resource Information
The item Where I Come From represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Missouri University of Science & Technology Library.This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
Resource Information
The item Where I Come From represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Missouri University of Science & Technology Library.
This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
- Summary
- "Where do you come from?" When Vijay Agnew first immigrated to Canada people would often ask her "Where do you come from?" She thought it a simple, straightforward question, and would answer in the same simple, straightforward manner, by telling them where she had been born and where she grew up. But over the years she learned that many so-called third-world people resent being asked this question, because it implies that having a different skin colour (which is what usually prompts the question) makes a person an outsider and not really Canadian. This realization inspired her to look mor
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (308 pages)
- Contents
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- Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 Beginning in Canada; 2 An Immigrant Student in Toronto; 3 Girlhood in Delhi; 4 Bombay; 5 History and Herstory; 6 In Search of a Community; 7 Being and Becoming; 8 Returning to Bombay; 9 A Third World Academic; 10 In the Company of Mothers; 11 Fair Play and Safe Places; 12 Lunching with the Ladies; 13 A Canadian in New Delhi; 14 Life among the WASPs; Afterword; Notes; Glossary of Hindi Words and Expressions; Bibliography; Suggested Readings
- Isbn
- 9780889209039
- Label
- Where I Come From
- Title
- Where I Come From
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "Where do you come from?" When Vijay Agnew first immigrated to Canada people would often ask her "Where do you come from?" She thought it a simple, straightforward question, and would answer in the same simple, straightforward manner, by telling them where she had been born and where she grew up. But over the years she learned that many so-called third-world people resent being asked this question, because it implies that having a different skin colour (which is what usually prompts the question) makes a person an outsider and not really Canadian. This realization inspired her to look mor
- Cataloging source
- EBLCP
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Agnew, Vijay
- Dewey number
- 971/.05
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- F1035.E2 A4 2006
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- dictionaries
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Agnew, Vijay
- Immigrants
- College teachers
- Agnew, Vijay
- College teachers
- Immigrants
- Canada
- Label
- Where I Come From
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
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- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 Beginning in Canada; 2 An Immigrant Student in Toronto; 3 Girlhood in Delhi; 4 Bombay; 5 History and Herstory; 6 In Search of a Community; 7 Being and Becoming; 8 Returning to Bombay; 9 A Third World Academic; 10 In the Company of Mothers; 11 Fair Play and Safe Places; 12 Lunching with the Ladies; 13 A Canadian in New Delhi; 14 Life among the WASPs; Afterword; Notes; Glossary of Hindi Words and Expressions; Bibliography; Suggested Readings
- Control code
- 753479448
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (308 pages)
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780889209039
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- c
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)753479448
- Label
- Where I Come From
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 Beginning in Canada; 2 An Immigrant Student in Toronto; 3 Girlhood in Delhi; 4 Bombay; 5 History and Herstory; 6 In Search of a Community; 7 Being and Becoming; 8 Returning to Bombay; 9 A Third World Academic; 10 In the Company of Mothers; 11 Fair Play and Safe Places; 12 Lunching with the Ladies; 13 A Canadian in New Delhi; 14 Life among the WASPs; Afterword; Notes; Glossary of Hindi Words and Expressions; Bibliography; Suggested Readings
- Control code
- 753479448
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (308 pages)
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780889209039
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)753479448
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