New cosmopolitanisms
Subtitle: South Asians in the US
By: edited by Gita Rajan & Shailja Sharma.
Contributors: Rajan, Gita, 1952-; Sharma, Shailja.
Series: Asian America
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Stanford, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 196
Subjects: South Asian Americans -- Social conditions; South Asian Americans -- Social life and customs; South Asian Americans -- Ethnic identity; Cosmopolitanism -- United States; Globalization -- Social aspects -- United States; United States -- Ethnic relations
Description: xii, 172 pages ; 24 cm
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: New cosmopolitanisms : South Asians in the United States at the turn of the 21st century / Gita Rajan & Shailja Sharma; title: The Pakistani diaspora in North America / Iftikhar Dadi; title: Identity & visibility : reflections on museum displays of South Asian art / Vidya Dehejia; title: South Asian religions in the US : new contexts and configurations / Karen Leonard; title: Bollywood abroad : South Asian diasporic cosmopolitanism and Indian cinema / Jigna Desai; title: The psychological cost of new cosmopolitanism : eating disorders in the context of globalization / Dana S. Iyer and Nick Haslam; title: Theorizing recognition : South Asian authors in a global milieu / Gita Rajan and Shailja Sharma.