Negotiating Tradition, Becoming American : Family, Gender, and Autonomy for Second Generation South Asians.

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Salam examines how second generation South Asian Americans assimilate by analyzing their family experiences, their structural circumstances and their adult life choice through the lens of arranged marriage. Arranged marriage, as an analytical frame, uncovers the ways in which gender, autonomy and in...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Salam, Rifat Anjum
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: El Paso : LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC, 2013.
Colección:New Americans (LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC)
Temas:
South Asian Americans > Social conditions.
South Asians > United States > Social conditions.
Assimilation (Sociology) > United States.
Families > United States.
Américains d'origine sud-asiatique > Conditions sociales.
Sud-Asiatiques > États-Unis > Conditions sociales.
Assimilation (Sociologie) > États-Unis.
Familles > États-Unis.
Assimilation (Sociology)
Families
South Asian Americans > Social conditions
South Asians > Social conditions
United States
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Salam examines how second generation South Asian Americans assimilate by analyzing their family experiences, their structural circumstances and their adult life choice through the lens of arranged marriage. Arranged marriage, as an analytical frame, uncovers the ways in which gender, autonomy and intergenerational dilemmas shape individual lives. Contrary to popular assumptions about South Asians, the subjects of this study are not bound by the traditions of arranged marriage, but rather their experiences reflect a great deal of variation, negotiation, compromise and a nuanced understanding of.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (262 pages)
ISBN:9781593327347
159332734X

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