Desi Land : Teen Culture, Class, and Success in Silicon Valley /

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Desi Land is Shalini Shankar's lively ethnographic account of South Asian American teen culture during the Silicon Valley dot-com boom. Shankar focuses on how South Asian Americans, or "Desis," define and manage what it means to be successful in a place brimming with the promise of te...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Shankar, Shalini (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Durham : Duke University Press, [2008]
Temas:
Ethnicity > California > Santa Clara Valley (Santa Clara County).
South Asian American teenagers > California > Santa Clara Valley (Santa Clara County) > Ethnic identity.
South Asian American teenagers > California > Santa Clara Valley (Santa Clara County) > Social conditions.
South Asian Americans > California > Santa Clara Valley (Santa Clara County) > Ethnic identity.
South Asian Americans > California > Santa Clara Valley (Santa Clara County) > Social conditions.
Subculture > California > Santa Clara Valley (Santa Clara County).
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / Asian American Studies.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface and Acknowledgments
  • Introduction: Welcome to Desi Land
  • 1 California, Here We Come, Right Back Where We Started From
  • 2 Defining Desi Teen Culture
  • 3 Living and Desiring the Desi Bling Life
  • 4 Desi Fashions of Speaking
  • 5 Being fobulous on Multicultural Day
  • 6 Remodeling the Model Minority Stereotype
  • 7 Dating on the DL and Arranged Marriages
  • 8 In the New Millennium
  • Postscript
  • Appendix 1: Student Interview
  • Appendix 2: Faculty Interview
  • Appendix 3: Parent and Relative Interview
  • Appendix 4: Student Survey
  • Notes
  • Glossary of Hindi and Punjabi Terms
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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