Life lines [[electronic resource] ] : community, family, and assimilation among Asian Indian immigrants / / Jean Bacon

• Autore: Bacon Jean Leslie <1962->
• Pubblicazione: New York, : Oxford University Press, 1996
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (314 p.)
• Disciplina: 305.891411077311; 305.895073
• Soggetto topico: East Indian Americans - Cultural assimilation - Illinois - Chicago; East Indian Americans - Illinois - Chicago - Ethnic identity
• Soggetto geografico: Chicago (Ill.) Social conditions
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 263-281) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; 1. Introduction; I: Public Life; 2. The Question of Worldview; 3. Organizational Life in the Indian Community; 4. Organizations of the Second Generation; 5. Problems Talk: The Rhetoric of Adjustment in the Immigrant Press; II: Family Portraits; 6. Family Life; 7. The Nagars: Duty and Heart; 8. The lyengars: Historical Indians; 9. The Kumars: Compromise; 10. The Shenoys: Alternative Identities; 11. The Shankars: Searching for a Close Family; III: Family and Community; 12. Families: A Model of Intergenerational Change ; 13. Families and Organizations: A Division of Labor in Support of CommunityAppendix A. Organizations of the Indian Community; Appendix B. Some Notes on Method; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y
• Sommario/riassunto: This text is intended for sociologists and anthropologists interested in ethnicity, community and integration amongst Asian Indian immigrants.
• Titolo autorizzato: Life lines
• ISBN: 1-280-52831-1; 0-19-535669-1; 1-4294-1558-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910458753103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II