Virtual homelands : Indian immigrants and online cultures in the United States / / Madhavi Mallapragada
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| Autore: |
Mallapragada Madhavi
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| Titolo: |
Virtual homelands : Indian immigrants and online cultures in the United States / / Madhavi Mallapragada
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| Pubblicazione: | Urbana, [Illinois] : , : University of Illinois Press, , 2014 |
| ©2014 | |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (209 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 304.808991411 |
| Soggetto topico: | East Indians - United States - Ethnic Identity |
| Online social networks - Social aspects | |
| East Indians - Cultural assimilation - United States | |
| Soggetto geografico: | United States |
| Note generali: | Includes index. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | ""Cover""; ""Title""; ""Contents""; ""List of Illustrations""; ""Introduction: Recasting Home""; ""1. Homepage Nationalisms: Silicon Indians and Curry Codes""; ""2. Out of Place in the Domestic Space: H4 Indian Ladies Negotiating Belonging""; ""3. The Wired Home: Commodified Belonging for the Transnational Family""; ""4. Desi Networds: Linking Race, Class, and Immigration to Homeland""; ""Conclusion: Home Matters in the Age of Networks""; ""Notes""; ""Index"" |
| Sommario/riassunto: | The Internet has transformed the idea of home for Indians and Indian Americans. This work analyzes home pages and other online communities organized by diasporic and immigrant Indians from the late 1990's through the social media period. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Virtual homelands |
| ISBN: | 0-252-09656-8 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910818716103321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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