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Title New cosmopolitanisms : South Asians in the US / edited by Gita Rajan & Shailja Sharma
Published Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, 2006

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 169 pages)
Series Asian America
Asian America.
Contents New cosmopolitanisms : South Asians in the United States at the turn of the 21st century / Gita Rajan & Shailja Sharma -- The Pakistani diaspora in North America / Iftikhar Dadi -- Identity & visibility : reflections on museum displays of South Asian art / Vidya Dehejia -- South Asian religions in the US : new contexts and configurations / Karen Leonard -- Bollywood abroad : South Asian diasporic cosmopolitanism and Indian cinema / Jigna Desai -- The psychological cost of new cosmopolitanism : eating disorders in the context of globalization / Dana S. Iyer and Nick Haslam -- Theorizing recognition : South Asian authors in a global milieu / Gita Rajan and Shailja Sharma
Summary 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. This book explains how their popular cultural practices and aesthetic desires are fulfilled
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject South Asian Americans -- Social conditions
South Asian Americans -- Social life and customs
South Asian Americans -- Ethnic identity
Cosmopolitanism -- United States
Globalization -- Social aspects -- United States
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Minority Studies.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Ethnic Studies -- Asian American Studies.
Cosmopolitanism
Ethnic relations
Globalization -- Social aspects
South Asian Americans -- Ethnic identity
South Asian Americans -- Social conditions
Ethnische Identität
Soziale Situation
Globalisierung
SUBJECT United States -- Ethnic relations. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140043
Subject United States
USA
Südasiaten.
Form Electronic book
Author Gita Rajan, 1952-
Sharma, Shailja
LC no. 2005027366
ISBN 1429416025
9781429416023
9780804767842
080476784X