{"product_id":"lives-in-translation-9780812218114","title":"Lives in Translation","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eInvestigates the cultural politics of immigration and citizenship, education and identity-formation among Sikh youth whose parents migrated to England from India and East Africa. This work chronicles the stories of Sikh youth, the cultural dilemmas they face, and the identities they perform as they navigate their own journeys to citizenship.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"This is a brilliant ethnography, animated by a highly refined analysis of the ways race and cultural identity are forged in the public sphere, and sustained by extensive research.\" * Carol Greenhouse, Princeton University *\u003cbr\u003e\"Hall offers a riveting account of evolving British identity-both minority and majority-at the cusp of the millennium, an account that can offer much to those interested in the cultural politics of other multicultural societies.\" * \u003ci\u003eAnthropology and Education Quarterly\u003c\/i\u003e *\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eLives in Translation\u003c\/i\u003e eloquently captures the voices of young Sikhs in northern England in the late twentieth century as they attempt to come to terms with structures of racial, caste, and class inequality.\" * \u003ci\u003eInternational Journal of Punjab Studies\u003c\/i\u003e *\u003cbr\u003e\"A sophisticated and sympathetic portrayal of the 'dynamic tensions' faced by second-generation British Sikhs coming of age in Thatcherite Britain of the late 1980s and early 1990s. . . . An accessible book that can profitably be read by anthropologists, educators, and all those concerned with issues of citizenship and ethnic pluralism in modern nation-states.\" * \u003ci\u003eAnthropos\u003c\/i\u003e *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e1 Introduction: A Different Immigration Story\u003cbr\u003e 2 From Subjects to Citizens\u003cbr\u003e 3 The Politics of Language Recognition\u003cbr\u003e 4 \"Becoming like Us\"\u003cbr\u003e 5 Mediated Traditions\u003cbr\u003e 6 \"You Can't Be Religious and Be Westernized\"\u003cbr\u003e 7 \"There's a Time to Act English and a Time to Act Indian\"\u003cbr\u003e 8 Consciousness, Self-Awareness, and the Life Path\u003cbr\u003e Epilogue: An Unfinished Story\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Works Cited\u003cbr\u003e Index\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Pennsylvania Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49405693133143,"sku":"9780812218114","price":25.19,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780812218114.jpg?v=1730493300","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/lives-in-translation-9780812218114","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}