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Muncie, India(na) : Middletown and Asian America /

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This work is a study of South Asian Americans in Muncie, Indiana - the author's hometown. Muncie is the small Midwestern city made famous for being 'typical America' through the Middletown studies.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Gupta-Carlson, Himanee (Author)
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	Inglés
Published:	Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2018]
Series:	Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:	Lynd, Robert Staughton, > 1892-1970. > Middletown. Gupta-Carlson, Himanee. Middletown (Lynd, Robert Staughton) South Asian Americans. Social conditions. Immigrants. Ethnic relations. HISTORY > United States > State & Local > Midwest (IA, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, OH, SD, WI) SOCIAL SCIENCE > Minority Studies. SOCIAL SCIENCE > Discrimination & Race Relations. Americains d'origine sud-asiatique. Immigrants > Indiana > Muncie. South Asian Americans > Indiana > Muncie. Indiana > Muncie. Muncie (Ind.) > Biography. Muncie (Ind.) > Social conditions. Muncie (Ind.) > Ethnic relations. Biographies. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Texto completo

Table of Contents:

Creating a typical America: the Middletown studies and Muncie
Marring typicality: South Asian immigrants in Muncie
Fitting in: Muncie South Asians and childhood
Navigating rebellion and respect: South Asian teenagers and high school life
Cowpath crossings: postindustrial work and Indian doctors
Knowing your place: religious identities and differences
Conclusion: race, religion, and the limits of tolerance
Epilogue: an unraveled America?.