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Record Nr.

UNINA9910817669003321

Autore

Rudrappa Sharmila <1966->

Titolo

Ethnic routes to becoming American : Indian immigrants and the cultures of citizenship / / Sharmila Rudrappa

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New Brunswick, NJ, : Rutgers University Press, c2004

ISBN

0-8135-5613-9

0-8135-3638-3

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (251 p.)

Disciplina

305.891/4073

Soggetti

East Indian Americans - Cultural assimilation

East Indian Americans - Politics and government

East Indian Americans - Social conditions

Immigrants - Political activity - United States

Immigrants - United States - Social conditions

Citizenship - United States

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 (p. 221-231) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 1: Introduction: Locating South Asian Americans -- Chapter 2: Finding Our Home in This World: Abuse Survivors in Apna Ghar -- Chapter 3: Workers at Apna Ghar -- Chapter 4: The Indo American Center: "Integrating the Best of Both Cultures" -- Chapter 5: The Politics of Cultural Authenticity -- Chapter 6: Becoming American: The Racialized Content of American Citizenship -- Chapter 7: Not White in Public, Not Ethnic at Home -- Chapter 8: The Cultural Turn in Politics and Community Organizing -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author.