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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Shankar, Shalini, 1972-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Durham, N.C. : Duke University Press, 2008.
Colección:Duke backfile
Temas:
South Asian American teenagers > California > Santa Clara Valley (Santa Clara County) > Social conditions.
South Asian American teenagers > California > Santa Clara Valley (Santa Clara County) > Ethnic identity.
South Asian Americans > California > Santa Clara Valley (Santa Clara County) > Social conditions.
South Asian Americans > California > Santa Clara Valley (Santa Clara County) > Ethnic identity.
Ethnicity > California > Santa Clara Valley (Santa Clara County)
Subculture > California > Santa Clara Valley (Santa Clara County)
South Asian Americans > Social conditions.
Américains d'origine sud-asiatique > Conditions sociales.
Américains d'origine sud-asiatique > Identité ethnique > Californie > Santa Clara, Vallée de (Santa Clara)
Ethnicité > Californie > Santa Clara, Vallée de (Santa Clara)
Subculture > Californie > Santa Clara, Vallée de (Santa Clara)
FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS > Life Stages > Adolescence.
FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS > Life Stages > Teenagers.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / Asian American Studies
Ethnicity
South Asian American teenagers > Ethnic identity
South Asian American teenagers > Social conditions
South Asian Americans > Ethnic identity
South Asian Americans > Social conditions
Subculture
Jugend
Lebensbedingungen
Ethnische Identität
Gender & Ethnic Studies.
Social Sciences.
Ethnic & Race Studies.
California > Santa Clara Valley (Santa Clara County)
Santa Clara Valley
Südasiaten.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: Welcome to Desi land
  • California, here we come, right back where we started from
  • Defining Desi teen culture
  • Living and desiring the Desi bling life
  • Desi fashions of speaking
  • Being fobulous on multicultural day
  • Remodeling the model minority stereotype
  • Dating on the DL and arranged marriages
  • In the new millennium.

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