American karma
Subtitle: race, culture, and identity in the Indian diaspora
By: Sunil Bhatia
Series: Qualitative studies in psychology
Publisher: New York University Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 270
ISBN-13: 9780814799581; 9780814799598
Subjects: East Indian Americans -- Social conditions; East Indian Americans -- Ethnic identity; Immigrants -- United States -- Social conditions; United States -- Ethnic relations; United States -- Emigration and immigration; India -- Emigration and immigration
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [243]-256) and index
Table of contents: title: American karma : race, place, and identity in the Indian diaspora; title: Qualitative inquiry and psychology : doing ethnography in transnational cultures; title: Des-pardes in the American suburbia : narratives from the suburban Indian diaspora; title: Saris, chutney sandwiches, and "thick accents" : constructing difference; title: Racism and glass ceilings: repositioning difference; title: Analyzing assignations and assertions : the enigma of brown privilege; title: Imagining homes : identity in transnational diaspora