Reading Together, Reading Apart
Identity, Belonging, and South Asian American Community
Wednesday, May 3, 2017 · 12 - 2 PM
Celebrate the launch of Dr. Tamara Bhalla's New Book: Reading Together, Reading Apart: Identity, Belonging, and South Asian American Community
"Discovering authenticity and identity in a book club. Often thought of as a solitary activity, the practice of reading can in fact encode the complex politics of community formation. Engagement with literary culture represents a particularly integral facet of identity formation--and expresses of a sense of belonging--within the South Asian diaspora in the United States."