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Record Nr.

UNINA9910462700003321

Autore

Salam Rifat Anjum <1970->

Titolo

Negotiating tradition, becoming American : family, gender, and autonomy for second generation South Asians / / Rifat Anjum Salam

Pubbl/distr/stampa

El Paso : , : LFB Scholarly Pub. LLC, , 2014

ISBN

1-59332-734-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (262 pages)

Collana

The new Americans : recent immigration and American society

Disciplina

305.891/4073

Soggetti

South Asian Americans - Social conditions

South Asians - United States - Social conditions

Assimilation (Sociology) - United States

Families - United States

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction : second generation South Asians: negotiating tradition and becoming American -- Perspectives on assimilation -- Contradictory childhoods: family dilemmas and strategies -- The neo-traditional pathway -- The independence pathway -- The ethnic rebellion pathway -- Conclusion : family, gender and the second generation.