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Motiba's tattoos : a granddaughter's journey into her Indian family's past /

"When Motiba died a whole world disappeared with her. Motiba - "grandmother" in Gujarati - was marked with mysterious signs from a lost era: geometric tattoos on her face and forearms. What did these symbols mean? When had they been etched? Why?" "Haunted by the riddle of Mo...

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Main Author: Kamdar, Mira.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : PublicAffairs, ©2000.
Subjects and Genres:
Kamdar, Mira.
Kamdar family.
1900-1999
Gujarati Americans > Biography.
East Indian American women > Biography.
Racially mixed people > United States > Biography.
East Indian Americans > Ethnic identity.
Grandmothers > India > Kāthiāwār Agency > Biography.
Américaines d'origine indienne > Biographies.
Américains d'origine indienne > Identité ethnique.
East Indian American women.
Grandmothers.
Gujarati Americans.
Manners and customs.
Racially mixed people.
Kāthiāwār Agency > Biography.
Kāthiāwār Agency > Social life and customs > 20th century.
India > Kāthiāwār Agency.
United States.
Biography.
Autobiographies.
Biographies.
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Call Number: E184.G84 K36 2000
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