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Author

Maira, Sunaina, 1969-

Title Desis in the house [electronic resource] : Indian American youth culture in New York City / Sunaina Marr Maira.

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Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 2002.

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Location	Call No.	OPAC Message	Status
Axe ACLS Humanities E-Book	Electronic Book	---	Available

Description	xi, 244 p. : Grayscale Illustration ; 23 cm.
Series	Asian American history and culture.
	ACLS Humanities E-Book.
Note	Published 2002.
	Printed in the United States of America.
	The paper used in this publication meets the requirements of the American National Standard for Information Sciences-Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSI Z39.48-1984.
	All rights reserved.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents	Introduction -- To Be Young, Brown, and Hip: Race, Gender, and Sexuality in Indian American Youth Culture -- Nostalgia: Ideology and Performance -- Chaste Identities: The Eroticization of Nostalgia -- Conclusion: Critical Nostalgia and Commodified Cool.
Reproduction	Electronic text and image data. Ann Arbor, Mich. : University of Michigan, Michigan Publishing, 2020. EPUB file. ([ACLS Humanities E-Book])
Subject	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.
	New York (N.Y.) -- Social life and customs.
	New York (N.Y.) -- Social conditions.
	Subculture -- New York (State) -- New York.
Genre/Form	Electronic books
Added Author	Chan, Sucheng edited by.
	Palumbo-Liu, David edited by.
	Omi, Michael edited by.
	American Council of Learned Societies.
In:	ACLS Humanities E-Book. URL: https://www.humanitiesebook.org/
ISBN	1566399262 paper
	1566399270 paper
Standard No.	2027/heb34338 hdl