{"product_id":"desi-land-9780822343158","title":"Desi Land","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn ethnographic account of South Asian American teen culture during the Silicon Valley dot-com boom. It focuses on how South Asian Americans, or \"Desis,\" define and manage what it means to be successful in a place brimming with the promise of technology.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“An excellent, ethnographically rich study of the lives and practices of young South Asian Americans living in Silicon Valley, \u003ci\u003eDesi Land\u003c\/i\u003e lends itself to use in courses in fields including anthropology, cultural studies, gender studies, and Asian American studies. What I like best of all is that Shalini Shankar trains her lens on a particular generation’s experience while providing us with a rich cultural history of life in Silicon Valley at the turn of the twenty-first century.”—\u003cb\u003ePurnima Mankekar\u003c\/b\u003e, author of \u003ci\u003eScreening Culture, Viewing Politics: An Ethnography of Television, Womanhood, and Nation in Postcolonial India\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“In this exciting book, Shalini Shankar writes about Desi teens in Silicon Valley with deep sympathy, humor, and genuine insight. The high-school students come alive through ethnographic detail, and yet Shankar’s analysis is sharp and thought provoking. Her theoretically sophisticated approach to diversity makes an important contribution to urban anthropology. I will recommend this book to everyone I know—scholars, educators, and advocates—who works with twenty-first-century youth.”—\u003cb\u003eJan English-Lueck\u003c\/b\u003e, author of \u003ci\u003eCultures@SiliconValley\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Shalini Shankar’s \u003ci\u003eDesi Land\u003c\/i\u003e is a loving portrait of young people trying their best to fashion culture and life in jobless America. Thick description and rich analysis of young Desis is an eye-opener, whether you’re wearing your mad tight color contacts or not.”—\u003cb\u003eVijay Prashad\u003c\/b\u003e, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Darker Nations: A People’s History of the Third World\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePreface and Acknowledgments vii\u003cbr\u003e Introduction: Welcome to Desi Land 1\u003cbr\u003e 1. California, Here We Come, Right Back Where We Started From 25\u003cbr\u003e 2. Defining Desi Teen Culture 53\u003cbr\u003e 3. Living and Desiring Desi Bling Life 80\u003cbr\u003e 4. Desi Fashions of Speaking 100\u003cbr\u003e 5. Being FOBulous on Multicultural Day 119\u003cbr\u003e 6. Remodeling the Model Minority Stereotype 142\u003cbr\u003e 7. Dating on the DL and Arranged Marriages 167\u003cbr\u003e 8. In the New Millennium 193\u003cbr\u003e Postscript 211\u003cbr\u003e Appendix 1: Student Interview 213\u003cbr\u003e Appendix 2: Faculty Interview 218\u003cbr\u003e Appendix 3: Parent and Relative Interview 220\u003cbr\u003e Appendix 4: Student Survey 223\u003cbr\u003e Notes 225\u003cbr\u003e Glossary of Hindi and Punjabi Terms 237\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography 239\u003cbr\u003e Index 263","brand":"Duke University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49406053220695,"sku":"9780822343158","price":25.19,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780822343158.jpg?v=1730494372","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/desi-land-9780822343158","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}