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03829cam a22004338i 4500 |
| 001 - CONTROL NUMBER |
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on1376502451 |
| 003 - CONTROL NUMBER IDENTIFIER |
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OCoLC |
| 005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION |
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20230831141036.0 |
| 008 - FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS--GENERAL INFORMATION |
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230409s2023 nyu b 000 0aeng |
| 010 ## - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CONTROL NUMBER |
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| LC control number |
2023011957 |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE |
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| Original cataloging agency |
LBSOR |
| Language of cataloging |
eng |
| Description conventions |
rda |
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DLC |
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OCLCF |
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UAP |
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JRG |
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GO6 |
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YDX |
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TOH |
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IOU |
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CGB |
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NFG |
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1365362492 |
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1392444289 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| International Standard Book Number |
9780593442982 |
| Qualifying information |
(hardcover) |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| International Standard Book Number |
0593442989 |
| Qualifying information |
(hardcover) |
| 035 ## - SYSTEM CONTROL NUMBER |
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| System control number |
(OCoLC)1376502451 |
| Canceled/invalid control number |
(OCoLC)1365362492 |
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(OCoLC)1392444289 |
| 042 ## - AUTHENTICATION CODE |
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| Authentication code |
pcc |
| 092 ## - LOCALLY ASSIGNED DEWEY CALL NUMBER (OCLC) |
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| Classification number |
GUPTA, P. |
| Item number |
G977 |
| 049 ## - LOCAL HOLDINGS (OCLC) |
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| Holding library |
NFGA |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Gupta, Prachi |
| Titles and other words associated with a name |
(Journalist), |
| Relator term |
author. |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
They called us exceptional : |
| Remainder of title |
and other lies that raised us / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc |
Prachi Gupta. |
| 250 ## - EDITION STATEMENT |
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| Edition statement |
First edition. |
| 263 ## - PROJECTED PUBLICATION DATE |
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| Projected publication date |
2308 |
| 264 #1 - PRODUCTION, PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, MANUFACTURE STATEMENTS |
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| Place of production, publication, distribution, manufacture |
New York : |
| Name of producer, publisher, distributor, manufacturer |
Crown, |
| Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture |
[2023] |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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| Extent |
viii, 273 pages ; |
| Dimensions |
25 cm |
| 336 ## - CONTENT TYPE |
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| Content Type Term |
text |
| Content Type Code |
txt |
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rdacontent |
| 337 ## - MEDIA TYPE |
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| Media Type Term |
unmediated |
| Media Type Code |
n |
| Source |
rdamedia |
| 338 ## - CARRIER TYPE |
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| Carrier Type Term |
volume |
| Carrier Type Code |
nc |
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rdacarrier |
| 504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE |
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| Bibliography, etc |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-273). |
| 505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE |
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| Formatted contents note |
Dawn -- Color-blocked -- Mismatched expectations -- Origins obscured -- Me, me who me -- Suburban camouflage -- Rise, spirit -- Good girls don't have bodies -- Rebellion -- Shrink and expand -- Boyfriends -- Homecoming -- Discovering aliens -- Jekyll and Hyde -- Numb -- New beginnings -- One-way street -- Broken hearts -- Terminator of the male ego -- Parts unearthed -- Remembering -- Home is a ghost -- Wanting it all -- Choosing myself -- Welcome you to the Prachi-Prach -- 5'10'' -- The truth -- When the earth splits open. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. |
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| Summary, etc |
"An Indian American daughter reveals how the dangerous model minority myth fractured her family in this searing, brave memoir. How do we understand ourselves when the story about who we are supposed to be is stronger than our sense of self? What do we stand to gain-and lose-by taking control of our narrative? These questions propel Prachi Gupta's heartfelt memoir, and can feel particularly fraught for many immigrants and their children who live under immense pressure to belong in America. Family defined the cultural identity of Prachi and her brother, Yush, connecting them to a larger Indian American community amid white suburbia. But their belonging was predicated on a powerful myth: that Asian Americans, and Indian Americans in particular, have perfected the alchemy of middle-class life, raising tight-knit, high-achieving families that are immune to hardship. Molding oneself to fit this image often comes at a steep, but hidden, cost. In They Called Us Exceptional, Gupta articulates the dissonance, shame, and isolation of being upheld as an American success story while privately navigating traumas invisible to the outside world. Gupta addresses her mother throughout the book, weaving a deeply vulnerable personal narrative with history, postcolonial theory, and research on mental health to show how she slowly made sense of her reality and freed herself from the pervasive, reductive myth that had once defined her. But tragically, the act that liberated Gupta was also the act that distanced her from those she loved most. By charting her family's slow unraveling and her determination to break the cycle, Gupta shows how traditional notions of success keep us disconnected from ourselves and one another-and passionately argues why we must orient ourselves toward compassion over belonging"-- |
| Assigning source |
Provided by publisher. |
| 600 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Gupta, Prachi |
| Titles and other words associated with a name |
(Journalist) |
| 600 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Gupta, Prachi |
| Titles and other words associated with a name |
(Journalist) |
| General subdivision |
Family. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
East Indian American women |
| Form subdivision |
Biography. |
| 9 (RLIN) |
392632 |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Women journalists |
| Geographic subdivision |
United States |
| Form subdivision |
Biography. |
| 9 (RLIN) |
83091 |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
East Indian Americans |
| General subdivision |
Social conditions. |
| 655 #7 - INDEX TERM--GENRE/FORM |
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| Genre/form data or focus term |
Autobiographies. |
| Source of term |
lcgft |
| 9 (RLIN) |
728 |
| 655 #7 - INDEX TERM--GENRE/FORM |
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| Genre/form data or focus term |
Biographies. |
| Source of term |
lcgft |
| 9 (RLIN) |
870 |
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C0 |
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NFG |
