04251nam 2200829Ia 450 991077810460332120230207225031.01-4356-0744-90-8147-2311-X10.18574/9780814723111(CKB)1000000000479500(EBL)866150(OCoLC)819603546(SSID)ssj0000102228(PQKBManifestationID)11133070(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000102228(PQKBWorkID)10049895(PQKB)10214753(MiAaPQ)EBC866150(OCoLC)181103744(MdBmJHUP)muse10879(DE-B1597)547072(DE-B1597)9780814723111(Au-PeEL)EBL866150(CaPaEBR)ebr10189764(EXLCZ)99100000000047950020070226d2007 uy 0engurun#---|u||utxtccrAmerican karma[electronic resource] race, culture, and identity in the Indian diaspora /Sunil BhatiaNew York New York University Pressc20071 online resource (284 p.)Qualitative studies in psychologyDescription based upon print version of record.0-8147-9959-0 0-8147-9958-2 Includes bibliographical references (p. [243]-256) and index.Front matter --Contents --Acknowledgments --Introduction --1 American Karma --2 Qualitative Inquiry and Psychology --3 Des-Pardes in the American Suburbia --4 Saris, Chutney Sandwiches, and “Thick Accents” --5 Racism and Glass Ceilings --6 Analyzing Assignations and Assertions --7 Imagining Homes --Notes --Bibliography --Index --About the AuthorThe Indian American community is one of the fastest growing immigrant communities in the U.S. Unlike previous generations, they are marked by a high degree of training as medical doctors, engineers, scientists, and university professors. American Karma draws on participant observation and in-depth interviews to explore how these highly skilled professionals have been inserted into the racial dynamics of American society and transformed into “people of color.” Focusing on first-generation, middle-class Indians in American suburbia, it also sheds light on how these transnational immigrants themselves come to understand and negotiate their identities. Bhatia forcefully contends that to fully understand migrant identity and cultural formation it is essential that psychologists and others think of selfhood as firmly intertwined with sociocultural factors such as colonialism, gender, language, immigration, and race-based immigration laws. American Karma offers a new framework for thinking about the construction of selfhood and identity in the context of immigration. This innovative approach advances the field of psychology by incorporating critical issues related to the concept of culture, including race, power, and conflict, and will also provide key insights to those in anthropology, sociology, human development, and migrant studies.Qualitative studies in psychology.East Indian AmericansSocial conditionsEast Indian AmericansEthnic identityImmigrantsUnited StatesSocial conditionsUnited StatesEthnic relationsUnited StatesEmigration and immigrationIndiaEmigration and immigrationAmerican.Karma.about.construction.context.framework.identity.immigration.offers.selfhood.thinking.East Indian AmericansSocial conditions.East Indian AmericansEthnic identity.ImmigrantsSocial conditions.305.800973Bhatia Sunil1569498MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910778104603321American karma3842452UNINA