Malaya : essays on freedom
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New York : Little A, [2019].
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Published
New York : Little A, [2019].
Format
Book
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180 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English

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"From Cinelle Barnes, author of the memoir Monsoon Mansion, comes a moving and reflective essay collection about finding freedom in America. Out of a harrowing childhood in the Philippines, Cinelle Barnes emerged triumphant. But as an undocumented teenager living in New York, her journey of self-discovery was just beginning. Because she couldn't get a driver's license or file taxes, Cinelle worked as a cleaning lady and a nanny and took other odd jobs--and learned to look over her shoulder, hoping she wouldn't get caught. When she falls in love and marries a white man from the South, Cinelle finds herself trying to adjust to the thorny underbelly of "southern hospitality" while dealing with being a new mother, an immigrant affected by PTSD, and a woman with a brown body in a profoundly white world. From her immigration to the United States, to navigating a broken legal system, to balancing assimilation and a sense of self, Cinelle comes to rely on her resilience and her faith in the human spirit to survive and come of age all over again. Lyrical, emotionally driven, and told through stories both lived and overheard, Cinelle's intensely personal, yet universal, exploration of race, class, and identity redefines what it means to be a woman--and an American--in a divided country."--provided by publisher.

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Barnes, C. (2019). Malaya: essays on freedom (First edition.). Little A.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Barnes, Cinelle. 2019. Malaya: Essays On Freedom. Little A.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Barnes, Cinelle. Malaya: Essays On Freedom Little A, 2019.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Barnes, Cinelle. Malaya: Essays On Freedom First edition., Little A, 2019.

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