Desis in the house
Subtitle: Indian American youth culture in New York City
By: Sunaina Marr Maira.
Series: Asian American history and culture
Publisher: Temple University Press
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Philadelphia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 244
Subjects: East Indian Americans -- New York (State) -- New York -- Ethnic identity; East Indian Americans -- New York (State) -- New York -- Social conditions; East Indian Americans -- New York (State) -- New York -- Social life and customs; Youth -- New York (State) -- New York -- Social life and customs; Children of immigrants -- New York (State) -- New York -- Social life and customs; Youth -- New York (State) -- New York -- Social conditions; Children of immigrants -- New York (State) -- New York -- Social conditions; Subculture -- New York (State) -- New York; New York (N.Y.) -- Social life and customs; New York (N.Y.) -- Social conditions
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: Acknowledgments ix; title: 1 Introduction 1; title: 2 To Be Young, Brown, and Hip: Race, Gender,; title: and Sexuality in Indian American Youth Culture 29; title: 3 Nostalgia: Ideology and Performance 83; title: 4 Chaste Identities: The Eroticization of Nostalgia 149; title: 5 Conclusion: Critical Nostalgia and; title: Commodified Cool 189; title: Appendix: Notes on Research Methods 205; title: Notes 211; title: References 217; title: Index 239.