| New Cosmopolitanisms: South Asians in the Us Contributor(s): Rajan, Gita (Editor), Sharma, Shailja (Editor) |
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ISBN: 080475280X ISBN-13: 9780804752800 Publisher: Stanford University Press OUR PRICE: $61.75 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: March 2006 Annotation: This book offers an in-depth look at the ways in which technology, travel, and globalization have altered traditional patterns of immigration for South Asians who live and work in the United States, and explains how their popular cultural practices and aesthetic desires are fulfilled. They are presented as the twenty-first century' s " new cosmopolitans" flexible enough to adjust to globalization' s economic, political, and cultural imperatives. They are thus uniquely adaptable to the mainstream cultures of the United States, but also vulnerable in a period when nationalism and security have become tools to maintain traditional power relations in a changing world. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Anthropology - Cultural & Social - Social Science | Ethnic Studies - Asian American Studies |
| Dewey: 305.891 |
| LCCN: 2005027366 |
| Series: Asian America |
| Physical Information: 0.64" H x 6.18" W x 9.26" (0.84 lbs) 192 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - Asian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This book argues that South Asians in the United States must be understood as a people who constantly move between two or more cultures, places, languages, and societies, thanks to technology, travel, and globalization. |