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Negotiating Ethnicity: Second-Generation South Asians Traverse a Transnational World

2005 Bandana Purkayastha ;ISBN: 9780813537801 ;ISBN: 0813537800 ;ISBN: 0813535816 ;ISBN: 9780813535814 ;ISBN: 0813535824 ;ISBN: 9780813535821 ;EISBN: 9780813537801 ;EISBN: 0813537800 ;DOI: 10.36019/9780813537801 ;OCLC: 64187796 ;LCCallNum: E184.S69P87 2005

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  • Title:
    Negotiating Ethnicity: Second-Generation South Asians Traverse a Transnational World
  • Author: Purkayastha, Bandana
  • Subjects: Asian American Studies ; Cultural assimilation ; Ethnic identity ; Ethnic Studies ; SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Social sciences ; Sociology ; South Asian Americans ; South Asian Americans-Cultural assimilation ; South Asian Americans-Ethnic identity
  • Description: In the continuing debates on the topic of racial and ethnic identity in the United States, there are some that argue that ethnicity is an ascribed reality. To the contrary, others claim that individuals are becoming increasingly active inchoosingandconstructingtheir ethnic identities. Focusing on second-generation South Asian Americans, Bandana Purkayastha offers fresh insights into the subjective experience of race, ethnicity, and social class in an increasingly diverse America. The young people of Indian, Pakistani, Bangladeshi, and Nepalese origin that are the subjects of the study grew up in mostly white middle class suburbs, and their linguistic skills, education, and occupation profiles are indistinguishable from their white peers. By many standards, their lifestyles mark them as members of mainstream American culture. But, as Purkayastha shows, their ethnic experiences are shaped by their racial status as neither "white" nor "wholly Asian," their continuing ties with family members across the world, and a global consumer industry, which targets them as ethnic consumers." Drawing on information gathered from forty-eight in-depth interviews and years of research, this book illustrates how ethnic identity is negotiated by this group through choice-the adoption of ethnic labels, the invention of "traditions," the consumption of ethnic products, and participation in voluntary societies. The pan-ethnic identities that result demonstrate both a resilient attachment to heritage and a celebration of reinvention. Lucidly written and enriched with vivid personal accounts,Negotiating Ethnicityis an important contribution to the literature on ethnicity and racialization in contemporary American culture.
  • Publisher: United States: Rutgers University Press
  • Creation Date: 2005
  • Format: 240
  • Language: English
  • Identifier: ISBN: 9780813537801
    ISBN: 0813537800
    ISBN: 0813535816
    ISBN: 9780813535814
    ISBN: 0813535824
    ISBN: 9780813535821
    EISBN: 9780813537801
    EISBN: 0813537800
    DOI: 10.36019/9780813537801
    OCLC: 64187796
    LCCallNum: E184.S69P87 2005
  • Source: Ebook Central Academic Complete
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