Asian Indian Professionals : The Culture of Success.
Title:
Asian Indian Professionals : The Culture of Success.
Author:
Sandhu, Sabeen.
ISBN:
9781593326104
Personal Author:
Edition:
1st ed.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (171 pages)
Series:
The New Americans: Recent Immigration and American Society
Contents:
CONTENTS -- Acknowledgements -- CHAPTER ONE: Introduction: Asian Indian Professionals in the Silicon Valley and Southern California -- CHAPTER TWO: Ethnographic Research Methods: Negotiating Race, Class, and Gender in the Field -- CHAPTER THREE: Constructing a Culture of Success -- CHAPTER FOUR: "Singles" and "Withs:" Understanding How Region and Gender Shape Access Social and Cultural Capital -- CHAPTER FIVE: A Tough Act to Follow: The Children of Asian Indian Elites -- CHAPTER SIX: Conclusion -- Glossary -- Interview Instruments -- Higher Education Among Asian Indians by Region and Gender -- References -- Index.
Abstract:
Sandhu tells an ethnographic tale about the everyday lives of Asian Indian elites, their spouses, and children in two of the largest communities in the Untied States --Southern California and the Silicon Valley. Sandhu documents that beyond the visible successes of Asian Indians in the work sphere, spousal selection and the mobility of their new second generation are critical dimensions of their identities as elites. Sandhu extends and sharpens the concepts of cultural and social capital, processes of assimilation, and construction of identity to this understudied group.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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