Becoming American Being Indian An Immigrant Community In New York City

Author : Madhulika S. Khandelwal
Publisher : Cornell University Press
Page : 223 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2018-08-06
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781501722028

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Becoming American, Being Indian by Madhulika S. Khandelwal Pdf

Since the 1960s the number of Indian immigrants and their descendants living in the United States has grown dramatically. During the same period, the make-up of this community has also changed—the highly educated professional elite who came to this country from the subcontinent in the 1960s has given way to a population encompassing many from the working and middle classes. In her fascinating account of Indian immigrants in New York City, Madhulika S. Khandelwal explores the ways in which their world has evolved over four decades.How did this highly diverse ethnic group form an identity and community? Drawing on her extensive interviews with immigrants, Khandelwal examines the transplanting of Indian culture onto the Manhattan and Queens landscapes. She considers festivals and media, food and dress, religious activities of followers of different faiths, work and class, gender and generational differences, and the emergence of a variety of associations.Khandelwal analyzes how this growing ethnic community has gradually become "more Indian," with a stronger religious focus, larger family networks, and increasingly traditional marriage patterns. She discusses as well the ways in which the American experience has altered the lives of her subjects.

Author : Nancy Foner
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 313 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2001-08-15
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780520935808

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Islands in the City by Nancy Foner Pdf

This collection of original essays draws on a variety of theoretical perspectives, methodologies, and empirical data to explore the effects of West Indian migration and to develop analytic frameworks to examine it.

Author : Maxine P. Fisher
Publisher : New Delhi : Heritage
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 1980
Category : East Indian Americans
ISBN : UOM:39015046845395

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The Indians of New York City by Maxine P. Fisher Pdf

Author : Sunaina Maira
Publisher : Temple University Press
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2002-02
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781566399272

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Desis In The House by Sunaina Maira Pdf

She sports a nose-ring and duppata (a scarf worn by South Asian women) along with the latest fashion in slinky club wear; he's decked out in Tommy gear. Their moves on the crowded dance floor, blending Indian film dance with break-dancing, attract no particular attention. They are just two of the hundreds of hip young people who flock to the desi (i.e., South Asian) party scene that flourishes in the Big Apple. New York City, long the destination for immigrants and migrants, today is home to the largest Indian American population in the United States. Coming of age in a city remarkable for its diversity and cultural innovation, Indian American and other South Asian youth draw on their ethnic traditions and the city's resources to create a vibrant subculture. Some of the city's hottest clubs host regular bhangra parties, weekly events where young South Asians congregate to dance to music that mixes rap beats with Hindi film music, bhangra (North Indian and Pakistani in origin), reggae, techno, and other popular styles. Many of these young people also are active in community and campus organizations that stage performances of "ethnic cultures." In this book Sunaina Maira explores the world of second-generation Indian American youth to learn how they manage the contradictions of gender roles and sexuality, how they handle their "model minority" status and expectations for class mobility in a society that still racializes everyone in terms of black or white. Maira's deft analysis illuminates the ways in which these young people bridge ethnic authenticity and American "cool."

Author : Johanna Lessinger
Publisher : Pearson
Page : 190 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : History
ISBN : STANFORD:36105011866162

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From the Ganges to the Hudson by Johanna Lessinger Pdf

This text is part of The New Immigrants Series edited by Nancy Foner. This groundbreaking new series fills the gap in knowledge relating to today's immigrants, how these groups are attempting to redefine their cultures while here, and their contribution to a new and changing America.

Author : Sharmila Rudrappa
Publisher : Rutgers University Press
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : History
ISBN : 0813533716

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Ethnic Routes to Becoming American by Sharmila Rudrappa Pdf

The author examines the paths South Asian immigrants in Chicago take toward assimilation in the late 20th century United States. She examines two ethnic institutions to show how immigrant activism ironically abets these immigrants' assimilation.

Author : Pyong Gap Min
Publisher : Pine Forge Press
Page : 370 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1412905567

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Asian Americans by Pyong Gap Min Pdf

"This is a textbook for undergraduate students studying the Asian American experience and ethnic studies in the fields of Sociology, Political Science, History, and Cultural Studies."--Jacket.

Author : Shirley Hune,Gail M. Nomura,Gail M Nomura
Publisher : NYU Press
Page : 438 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2003-08
Category : History
ISBN : 9780814736326

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Asian/Pacific Islander American Women by Shirley Hune,Gail M. Nomura,Gail M Nomura Pdf

A groundbreaking anthology devoted to Asian/Pacific Islander American women and their experiences Asian/Pacific Islander American Women is the first collection devoted to the historical study of A/PI women's diverse experiences in America. Covering a broad terrain from pre-large scale Asian emigration and Hawaii in its pre-Western contact period to the continental United States, the Philippines, and Guam at the end of the twentieth century, the text views women as historical subjects actively negotiating complex hierarchies of power. The volume presents new findings about a range of groups, including recent immigrants to the U.S. and understudied communities. Comprised of original new work, it includes chapters on women who are Cambodian, Chamorro, Chinese, Filipino, Hmong, Japanese, Korean, Native Hawaiian, South Asian, and Vietnamese Americans. It addresses a wide range of women's experiences-as immigrants, military brides, refugees, American born, lesbians, workers, mothers, beauty contestants, and community activists. There are also pieces on historiography and methodology, and bibliographic and video documentary resources. This groundbreaking anthology is an important addition to the scholarship in Asian/Pacific American studies, ethnic studies, American studies, women's studies, and U.S. history, and is a valuable resource for scholars and students. Contributors include: Xiaolan Bao, Sucheng Chan, Catherine Ceniza Choy, Vivian Loyola Dames, Jennifer Gee, Madhulika S. Khandelwal, Lili M. Kim, Nancy In Kyung Kim, Erika Lee, Shirley Jennifer Lim, Valerie Matsumoto, Sucheta Mazumdar, Davianna Pomaika'i McGregor, Trinity A. Ordona, Rhacel Salazar Parreñas, Amy Ku'uleialoha Stillman, Charlene Tung, Kathleen Uno, Linda Trinh Võ, Judy Tzu-Chun Wu, Ji-Yeon Yuh, and Judy Yung.

Author : Huping Ling,Allan W. Austin
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 694 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2015-03-17
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781317476450

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Asian American History and Culture: An Encyclopedia by Huping Ling,Allan W. Austin Pdf

With overview essays and more than 400 A-Z entries, this exhaustive encyclopedia documents the history of Asians in America from earliest contact to the present day. Organized topically by group, with an in-depth overview essay on each group, the encyclopedia examines the myriad ethnic groups and histories that make up the Asian American population in the United States. "Asian American History and Culture" covers the political, social, and cultural history of immigrants from East Asia, Southeast Asia, South Asia, the Pacific Islands, and their descendants, as well as the social and cultural issues faced by Asian American communities, families, and individuals in contemporary society. In addition to entries on various groups and cultures, the encyclopedia also includes articles on general topics such as parenting and child rearing, assimilation and acculturation, business, education, and literature. More than 100 images round out the set.

Author : Yuting Wang
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 186 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2013-11-26
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781134658862

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Between Islam and the American Dream by Yuting Wang Pdf

Based on a three-year ethnographic study of a steadily growing suburban Muslim immigrant congregation in Midwest America, this book examines the micro-processes through which a group of Muslim immigrants from diverse backgrounds negotiate multiple identities while seeking to become part of American society in the years following 9/11. The author looks into frictions, conflicts, and schisms within the community to debunk myths and provide a close-up look at the experiences of ordinary immigrant Muslims in the United States. Instead of treating Muslim immigrants as fundamentally different from others, this book views Muslims as multidimensional individuals whose identities are defined by a number of basic social attributes, including gender, race, social class, and religiosity. Each person portrayed in this ethnography is a complex individual, whose hierarchy of identities is shaped by particular events and the larger social environment. By focusing on a single congregation, this study controls variables related to the particularity of place and presents a “thick” description of interactions within small groups. This book argues that the frictions, conflicts and schisms are necessary as much as inevitable in cultivating a “composite culture” within the American Muslim community marked by diversity, leading it onto the path of Americanization.

Author : Kavita Ramdya
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 138 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Reference
ISBN : 0739138545

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Bollywood Weddings by Kavita Ramdya Pdf

Bollywood Weddings examines how second-generation Indian-American Hindus of the middle and upper classes negotiate courtship and wedding rituals. Kavita Ramdya integrates the stories of twenty couples, showing the ways and means by which a subcommunity falls in love and expresses their identity. She provides readers with a window into these Indian-American couples who are navigating identities through a major rite of passage in their lives-marriage. She affirms that this community flaunts all things Indian as a way to assert their American identity. Many of these couples are occasional Hindus, displaying their Hindu religious background only on important occasions. Instead of choosing either India or America, or arriving at a compromise between the two, this community embraces both cultures simultaneously.

Author : Amy Chua,Jed Rubenfeld
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 338 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781594205460

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The Triple Package by Amy Chua,Jed Rubenfeld Pdf

"It may be taboo to say so, but some groups in this country do better than others. Mormon, Cuban, Nigerian, and Chinese Americans have all recently achieved astonishing business success. This book uncovers the secret to their success."--Page 4 de la couverture.

Author : Philip Kasinitz,John H. Mollenkopf,Mary C. Waters
Publisher : Russell Sage Foundation
Page : 432 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2004-08-20
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781610443289

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Becoming New Yorkers by Philip Kasinitz,John H. Mollenkopf,Mary C. Waters Pdf

More than half of New Yorkers under the age of eighteen are the children of immigrants. This second generation shares with previous waves of immigrant youth the experience of attempting to reconcile their cultural heritage with American society. In Becoming New Yorkers, noted social scientists Philip Kasinitz, John Mollenkopf, and Mary Waters bring together in-depth ethnographies of some of New York's largest immigrant populations to assess the experience of the new second generation and to explore the ways in which they are changing the fabric of American culture. Becoming New Yorkers looks at the experience of specific immigrant groups, with regard to education, jobs, and community life. Exploring immigrant education, Nancy López shows how teachers' low expectations of Dominican males often translate into lower graduation rates for boys than for girls. In the labor market, Dae Young Kim finds that Koreans, young and old alike, believe the second generation should use the opportunities provided by their parents' small business success to pursue less arduous, more rewarding work than their parents. Analyzing civic life, Amy Forester profiles how the high-ranking members of a predominantly black labor union, who came of age fighting for civil rights in the 1960s, adjust to an increasingly large Caribbean membership that sees the leaders not as pioneers but as the old-guard establishment. In a revealing look at how the second-generation views itself, Sherry Ann Butterfield and Aviva Zeltzer-Zubida point out that black West Indian and Russian Jewish immigrants often must choose whether to identify themselves alongside those with similar skin color or to differentiate themselves from both native blacks and whites based on their unique heritage. Like many other groups studied here, these two groups experience race as a fluid, situational category that matters in some contexts but is irrelevant in others. As immigrants move out of gateway cities and into the rest of the country, America will increasingly look like the multicultural society vividly described in Becoming New Yorkers. This insightful work paints a vibrant picture of the experience of second generation Americans as they adjust to American society and help to shape its future.

Author : Arthur Wesley Helweg,Usha M. Helweg
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 326 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Social Science
ISBN : UOM:39015066040091

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An Immigrant Success Story by Arthur Wesley Helweg,Usha M. Helweg Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 4 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Immigrants
ISBN : IND:30000125975775

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Welcome to the United States by Anonim Pdf