{"product_id":"how-to-be-south-asian-in-america-9781439903032","title":"How to Be South Asian in America","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA variety of immigrant narratives probe the dynamic process of South Asian Americanization\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"How to Be South Asian in America analyzes narratives of nation to demonstrate their influence on contemporary possibilities for assimilation in the United States. What gives jain's book a fresh profile is its structure: she has chosen to analyze film, novels, and social history-in particular, the migration of Guyanese to Schenectady. This tripartite organization offers a more complete account than most other books on this topic, and the examples are all strong and well-argued.\" -John Hawley, Santa Clara University, and author of Amitav Ghosh: An Introduction\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgements Table of Contents Introduction  1. Reading Assimilation and the American Dream as Transnational Narratives  2. They Came on Buses: \"GuyaneseOpportunities\" as a Contemporary Americanization Program 3. \"Stretched over dark femaleness\": Three South Asian Novels of Americanization 4. \"How to be Indian\": Independent Films about Second Generation South Asian Americans Conclusion","brand":"Temple University Press,U.S.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49408303366487,"sku":"9781439903032","price":22.79,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781439903032.jpg?v=1730502357","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/how-to-be-south-asian-in-america-9781439903032","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}