Life Lines : Community, Family, and Assimilation among Asian Indian Immigrants.

This text is intended for sociologists and anthropologists interested in ethnicity, community and integration amongst Asian Indian immigrants.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Bacon, Jean
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Oxford University Press, 1996.
Temas:
East Indian Americans > Cultural assimilation > Illinois > Chicago.
East Indian Americans > Illinois > Chicago > Ethnic identity.
Américains d'origine indienne > Acculturation > Illinois > Chicago.
Américains d'origine indienne > Identité ethnique > Illinois > Chicago.
East Indian Americans > Cultural assimilation
East Indian Americans > Ethnic identity
Social conditions
Chicago (Ill.) > Social conditions.
Illinois > Chicago
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.

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