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Asian Indian professionals : the culture of success /

Sandhu tells an ethnographic tale about the everyday lives of Asian Indian elites, their spouses, and children in two of the largest communities in the United States --Southern California and the Silicon Valley. Sandhu documents that beyond the visible successes of Asian Indians in the work sphere,...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Sandhu, Sabeen, 1977-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: El Paso : LFB Scholarly Pub., 2012.
Colección:New Americans (LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC)
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction : Asian Indian professionals in southern California and the Silicon Valley
  • Ethnographic research methods : negotiating race
  • Class, and gender in the field
  • Constructing a culture of success
  • "Singles" and "withs" : how region and gender shape access to social and cultural capital
  • A tough act to follow : the children of Asian Indian
  • Elites
  • Conclusion & future directions for research.