LEADER 04060nam 2200649 a 450 001 9910811553103321 005 20230617035717.0 010 $a1-280-46284-1 010 $a9786610462841 010 $a0-8135-3780-0 024 7 $a10.36019/9780813537801 035 $a(CKB)1000000000246491 035 $a(OCoLC)70070239 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10114308 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000209116 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11196909 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000209116 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10245971 035 $a(PQKB)11745648 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3032143 035 $a(OCoLC)966768386 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse52941 035 $a(DE-B1597)530108 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780813537801 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3032143 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10114308 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL46284 035 $a(OCoLC)64187796 035 $a(OCoLC)1154932887 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000246491 100 $a20040715d2005 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aNegotiating ethnicity$b[electronic resource] $esecond-generation South Asian Americans traverse a transnational world /$fBandana Purkayastha 210 $aNew Brunswick, N.J. $cRutgers University Press$dc2005 215 $a1 online resource (237 p.) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-8135-3581-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aIntroduction -- Racial boundaries and ethnic binds -- Maintaining meaningful connections -- Constructing ethnic boundaries : negotiations and conflicts over gender, religion, race, and nationality -- Ethnic consumption -- Sifting through "tradition" -- Bridges and chasms. 330 $aIn the continuing debates on the topic of racial and ethnic identity in the United States, there are some that argue that ethnicity is an ascribed reality. To the contrary, others claim that individuals are becoming increasingly active in choosing and constructing their ethnic identities.Focusing on second-generation South Asian Americans, Bandana Purkayastha offers fresh insights into the subjective experience of race, ethnicity, and social class in an increasingly diverse America. The young people of Indian, Pakistani, Bangladeshi, and Nepalese origin that are the subjects of the study grew up in mostly white middle class suburbs, and their linguistic skills, education, and occupation profiles are indistinguishable from their white peers. By many standards, their lifestyles mark them as members of mainstream American culture. But, as Purkayastha shows, their ethnic experiences are shaped by their racial status as neither ?white? nor ?wholly Asian,? their continuing ties with family members across the world, and a global consumer industry, which targets them as ethnic consumers.? Drawing on information gathered from forty-eight in-depth interviews and years of research, this book illustrates how ethnic identity is negotiated by this group through choice?the adoption of ethnic labels, the invention of ?traditions,? the consumption of ethnic products, and participation in voluntary societies. The pan-ethnic identities that result demonstrate both a resilient attachment to heritage and a celebration of reinvention. Lucidly written and enriched with vivid personal accounts, Negotiating Ethnicity is an important contribution to the literature on ethnicity and racialization in contemporary American culture. 606 $aSouth Asian Americans$xCultural assimilation 606 $aSouth Asian Americans$xEthnic identity 615 0$aSouth Asian Americans$xCultural assimilation. 615 0$aSouth Asian Americans$xEthnic identity. 676 $a305.891/4073 700 $aPurkayastha$b Bandana$f1956-$01636152 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910811553103321 996 $aNegotiating ethnicity$93977306 997 $aUNINA