Keywords:
Immigrants Social conditions
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East Indian Americans Social conditions
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East Indian Americans Ethnic identity
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East Indian Americans-Social conditions
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East Indian Americans-Ethnic identity
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Immigrants-United States-Social conditions
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United States-Ethnic relations
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United States-Emigration and immigration
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India-Emigration and immigration
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East Indian Americans - Ethnic identity
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Electronic books
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India Emigration and immigration
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United States Emigration and immigration
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United States Ethnic relations
Description / Table of Contents:
The Indian American community is one of the fastest growing immigrant communities in the U.S. Unlike previous generations, they are marked by a high degree of training as medical doctors, engineers, scientists, and university professors. American Karma draws on participant observation and in-depth interviews to explore how these highly skilled professionals have been inserted into the racial dynamics of American society and transformed into "people of color." Focusing on first-generation, middle-class Indians in American suburbia, it also sheds light on how these transnational immigrants thems
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
Pages:
Online-Ressource (xi, 270 p)
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2009 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
ISBN:
0814799590
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0814799582
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9780814799598
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9780814799581
Series Statement:
Qualitative studies in psychology
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http://site.ebrary.com/lib/alltitles/docDetail.action?docID=10189764
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http://gbv.eblib.com/patron/FullRecord.aspx?p=866150
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https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/kxp/detail.action?docID=866150
DDC:
305.800973
Language:
English
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [243]-256) and index
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Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 American Karma: Race, Place, and Identity in the Indian Diaspora; 2 Qualitative Inquiry and Psychology: Doing Ethnography in Transnational Cultures; 3 Des-Pardes in the American Suburbia: Narratives from the Suburban Indian Diaspora; 4 Saris, Chutney Sandwiches, and "Thick Accents": Constructing Difference; 5 Racism and Glass Ceilings: Repositioning Difference; 6 Analyzing Assignations and Assertions: The Enigma of Brown Privilege; 7 Imagining Homes: Identity in Transnational Diasporas; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L
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MN; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Z; About the Author
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Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
