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South Asians and the problem of the color line
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South Asians and the problem of the color line
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migration, race, and identity in South Africa and the United States
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Ramsamy
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Kavitha
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Kavitha Ramsamy
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Holcomb
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chair
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Robert
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Robert Lake
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internal member
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Ghertner
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Asher Ghertner
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Bethel
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Leonard
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Leonard Bethel
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Rutgers University
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Graduate School - New Brunswick
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theses
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2013
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2013-10
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Modern migration has resulted in the unsettlement of the identities of migrants who live, work, and struggle – for rights, opportunities, and recognition – with other populations in new national contexts. This dissertation considers the identities of South Asian migrants to South Africa and the United States, two nation-states that have been involved deeply in the creation of ideologies of race as well as regimes of racial practice. Focusing on the late 19th century to the late 20th century, I show how South Asian migrants were historically positioned within the racial hierarchies of these two societies, and how they constructed their identities in relation to racial others. I analyze contact, conflict, and cooperation between South Asians and other racial subjects in a comparative, cross-national perspective, and consider the transnational exchange of ideas that led to particular strategies of resistance. I argue that South Asian struggles in South Africa and the United States for rights and recognition resulted in a transnational articulation of modern social movements for national liberation, civil rights, and democracy.
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Geography
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Immigrants--United States
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Immigrants--South Africa
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South Asians--Migrations
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South Asians--United States--History--19th century
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South Asians--United States--History--20th century
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South Asians--South Africa--History--19th century
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South Asians--South Africa--History--20th century
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South Asians--Ethnic identity
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Rutgers University Electronic Theses and Dissertations
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xiv, 557 p. : ill.
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Ph.D.
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by Kavitha Ramsamy
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South Asians--Race identity
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ETD doctoral
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Ramsamy
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Kavitha
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2013-09-30 01:42:30
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I hereby grant to the Rutgers University Libraries and to my school the non-exclusive right to archive, reproduce and distribute my thesis or dissertation, in whole or in part, and/or my abstract, in whole or in part, in and from an electronic format, subject to the release date subsequently stipulated in this submittal form and approved by my school. I represent and stipulate that the thesis or dissertation and its abstract are my original work, that they do not infringe or violate any rights of others, and that I make these grants as the sole owner of the rights to my thesis or dissertation and its abstract. I represent that I have obtained written permissions, when necessary, from the owner(s) of each third party copyrighted matter to be included in my thesis or dissertation and will supply copies of such upon request by my school. I acknowledge that RU ETD and my school will not distribute my thesis or dissertation or its abstract if, in their reasonable judgment, they believe all such rights have not been secured. I acknowledge that I retain ownership rights to the copyright of my work. I also retain the right to use all or part of this thesis or dissertation in future works, such as articles or books.
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2015-03-19
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2016-10-31
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Access to this PDF has been restricted at the author's request. It will be publicly available after October 31, 2016.
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