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Book SynopsisThe Indian American community is one of the fastest growing immigrant communities in the US. Its members are marked by a high degree of training as medical doctors, engineers, scientists, and university professors. This title explores how these highly skilled professionals have been inserted into the racial dynamics of American society.
Trade ReviewA productive move in developing new directions in the study of desire, agency, and ambiguous inequality among immigrant populations in the contemporary Americas. -- Aisha Khan,New York University
Effectively blends identity theory and ethnography to examine the immigrant experience of first-generation, professional Indians. Provoking reflection on the racial dynamics and identity politics of American society, this work goes a long way towards humanizing what it means to be an immigrant in the United States. -- Cynthia Lightfoot,Penn State University, Delaware County
Offers a new framework to examine selfhood and self identity in the context of immigration. * India New England *
Bhatia offers a well historicised, theoretically astute analysis of the racial, cultural and ethnic identities of Indian immigrants and their families living in predominantly white suburbs of New England. * South Asian Diaspora *
Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction 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 Difference6 Analyzing Assignations and Assertions: The Enigma of Brown Privilege 7 Imagining Homes: Identity in Transnational Diasporas Notes BibliographyIndex About the Author
