America Calling
A Foreign Student in a Country of Possibility
Growing up in middle-class India, Rajika Bhandari has seen generations of her family look westward, where an American education means status and success. But she resists the lure of America because those who left never return—they all become flies trapped in honey in a land of opportunity. As a young woman, however, she finds herself heading to a US university to study, following her heart and a relationship. When that relationship ends and she fails in her attempt to move back to India as a foreign-educated woman, she returns to the US and finds herself in a job where the personal is political and professional: she is immersed in the lives o…
Mehr
CHF 11.60
Preise inkl. MwSt. und Versandkosten (Portofrei ab CHF 40.00)
Versandkostenfrei
V218:
Noch nicht erschienen, September 2021
Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-1-64742-184-7
- EAN: 9781647421847
- Produktnummer: 35465310
- Verlag: She Writes Press
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2021
- Plattform: EPUB
Über den Autor
A former international student from India to the US and an Indian American immigrant, Rajika Bhandari is an international higher education expert, a widely published author, and a sought-after speaker on issues of international education, skilled immigrants, and educational and cultural diplomacy. An author of five academic books and one previous nonfiction book, Dr. Bhandari is quoted frequently in the global press, and her writing has appeared in the Guardian, the Chronicle of Higher Education, HuffPost, University World News, Times Higher Education, and the Diplomatic Courier, among others. She lives outside New York City.
3 weitere Werke von Rajika Bhandari:
Bewertungen
Anmelden