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Record Nr.

UNINA9910826156703321

Titolo

New cosmopolitanisms : South Asians in the US / / edited by Gita Rajan & Shailja Sharma

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Stanford, Calif., : Stanford University Press, 2006

ISBN

0-8047-6784-X

1-4294-1602-5

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xii, 169 p.)

Collana

Asian America

Altri autori (Persone)

Gita Rajan <1952->

SharmaShailja

Disciplina

305.891/4073

Soggetti

South Asian Americans - Social conditions

South Asian Americans - Social life and customs

South Asian Americans - Ethnic identity

Cosmopolitanism - United States

Globalization - Social aspects - United States

United States Ethnic relations

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

New cosmopolitanisms : South Asians in the United States at the turn of the 21st century / Gita Rajan & Shailja Sharma -- The Pakistani diaspora in North America / Iftikhar Dadi -- Identity & visibility : reflections on museum displays of South Asian art / Vidya Dehejia -- South Asian religions in the US : new contexts and configurations / Karen Leonard -- Bollywood abroad : South Asian diasporic cosmopolitanism and Indian cinema / Jigna Desai -- The psychological cost of new cosmopolitanism : eating disorders in the context of globalization / Dana S. Iyer and Nick Haslam -- Theorizing recognition : South Asian authors in a global milieu / Gita Rajan and Shailja Sharma.

Sommario/riassunto

Offers an in-depth look at the ways in which technology, travel and globalization have altered traditional patterns of immigration for South Asians who live and work in the United States. This book explains how their popular cultural practices and aesthetic desires are fulfilled.