New roots in America's sacred ground [[electronic resource] ] : religion, race, and ethnicity in Indian America / / Khyati Y. Joshi

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910451878103321
• Autore: Joshi Khyati Y. <1970->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: New Brunswick, N.J., : Rutgers University Press, c2006
• ISBN: 1-280-94708-X; 9786610947089; 0-8135-3988-9
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (254 p.)
• Disciplina: 305.891/4073
• Soggetti: East Indian Americans - Ethnic identity; East Indian Americans - Religion; East Indian Americans - Social conditions; Religious minorities - United States - Social conditions; Ethnicity - United States; Religion and sociology - United States; Electronic books.; United States Religion; United States Race relations; United States Ethnic relations
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 221-234) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Front matter -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- Introduction -- 1. Religion in America -- 2. Ethnicity and Religion -- 3. Facets of Lived Religion -- 4. What Does Race Have to Do with Religion? -- 5. Religious Oppression -- 6. Case Studies -- Epilogue -- APPENDIX -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- INDEX -- ABOUT THE AUTHOR
• Sommario/riassunto: In this compelling look at second-generation Indian Americans, Khyati Y. Joshi draws on case studies and interviews with forty-one second-generation Indian Americans, analyzing their experiences involving religion, race, and ethnicity from elementary school to adulthood. As she maps the crossroads they encounter as they navigate between their homes and the wider American milieu, Joshi shows how their identities ; have developed differently from their parents' and their non-Indian peers' and how religion often exerted a dramatic effect. The experiences of Joshi's research participants reveal how race and religion interact, intersect, and affect each other in a society where Christianity and whiteness are the norm. Joshi shows how religion is racialized for Indian Americans and offers important insights in the wake of 9/11 and the backlash against Americans who look Middle Eastern and South Asian. Through her candid insights into the internal conflicts contemporary Indian Americans face and the religious and racial discrimination they encounter, Joshi provides a timely window into the ways that race, religion, and ethnicity interact in day-to-day life.