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1 online resource (284 pages). |
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Qualitative studies in psychology |
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Qualitative studies in psychology.
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Print version record. |
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Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 American Karma: Race, Place, and Identity in the Indian Diaspora; 2 Qualitative Inquiry and Psychology: Doing Ethnography in Transnational Cultures; 3 Des-Pardes in the American Suburbia: Narratives from the Suburban Indian Diaspora; 4 Saris, Chutney Sandwiches, and "Thick Accents": Constructing Difference; 5 Racism and Glass Ceilings: Repositioning Difference; 6 Analyzing Assignations and Assertions: The Enigma of Brown Privilege; 7 Imagining Homes: Identity in Transnational Diasporas; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L. |
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MN; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Z; About the Author. |
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The Indian American community is one of the fastest growing immigrant communities in the U.S. Unlike previous generations, they are marked by a high degree of training as medical doctors, engineers, scientists, and university professors. American Karma draws on participant observation and in-depth interviews to explore how these highly skilled professionals have been inserted into the racial dynamics of American society and transformed into "people of color." Focusing on first-generation, middle-class Indians in American suburbia, it also sheds light on how these transnational immigrants thems |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-256) and index. |
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Immigrants -- United States -- Social conditions.
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East Indian Americans -- Ethnic identity.
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East Indian Americans -- Social conditions.
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India -- Emigration and immigration.
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United States -- Emigration and immigration.
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United States -- Ethnic relations.
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Américains d'origine indienne -- Identité ethnique.
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Américains d'origine indienne -- Conditions sociales.
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États-Unis -- Relations interethniques.
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États-Unis -- Émigration et immigration.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Emigration & Immigration.
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East Indian Americans -- Ethnic identity
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East Indian Americans -- Social conditions
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Emigration and immigration
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Ethnic relations
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Immigrants -- Social conditions
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India https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJmdx47cDXrRhBXHtbvPwC
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United States https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJtxgQXMWqmjMjjwXRHgrq
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American. |
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Karma. |
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about. |
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construction. |
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context. |
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framework. |
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identity. |
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immigration. |
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offers. |
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selfhood. |
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thinking. |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Bhatia, Sunil. American Karma : Race, Culture, and Identity in the Indian Diaspora. New York : NYU Press, ©2007 9780814799581 |
| ISBN |
9780814723111 (electronic bk.) |
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081472311X (electronic bk.) |
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9780814799581 (cloth ; alk. paper) |
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0814799582 (cloth ; alk. paper) |
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9780814799598 (pbk. ; alk. paper) |
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0814799590 (pbk. ; alk. paper) |
| Standard No. |
AU@ 000050633035 |
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AU@ 000067631564 |
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DEBBG BV044163086 |
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DEBSZ 431102376 |
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DEBSZ 449288587 |
