| Managing Multicultural Lives: Asian American Professionals and the Challenge of Multiple Identities Contributor(s): Dhingra, Pawan (Author) |
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ISBN: 0804755779 ISBN-13: 9780804755771 Publisher: Stanford University Press OUR PRICE: $104.50 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: March 2007 Annotation: " This comparative study delves into the complex and overlapping dynamics of identity among ethnic minority professionals through insightful narratives and reflexive everyday life stories. It is thought-provoking and theoretically engaging on immigrant adaptation, and also fun to read." -- Min Zhou, University of California, Los Angeles " Pawan Dhingra' s study of Korean-American and Indian-American professionals in Dallas charts new ground by juxtaposing two Asian-American communities in the South. It shows through detailed ethnographic study how these upwardly mobile Asian Americans are positioned within a national discourse of liberal democratic citizenship as those who occupy the margins in the mainstream. Their critiques as well as disavowal of racial discrimination, and the cleavages and bonds formed between groups after 9/11, are important to take note of for anyone interested in the paradoxes of neoliberal multiculturalism." -- Sunaina Maira, author of Desis in the House: Indian American Youth Culture in New York City |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Ethnic Studies - Asian American Studies |
| Dewey: 305.800 |
| LCCN: 2006023580 |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 6" W x 9" (1.20 lbs) 328 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - Asian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This book examines how second generation Asian American professionals bring together contrasting identities in the cultural spaces of daily life, and the implications for theories of immigrant adaptation and stratification. |