Transnational migrations : the Indian diaspora / edited by William Safran, Ajaya Kumar Sahoo, Brij V. Lal.

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TextPublication details: New Delhi : Routledge, 2009.Edition: 1st edDescription: xxxv, 174 p. : 23 cmISBN:

9780415483223

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304.80954 SAT

Contents:

1. Examining the "Global" Indian Middle Class: Gender and Culture in the Silicon Valley/Bangalore Circuit

2. 9/11 and the Indian Diaspora: Narratives of Race, Place and Immigrant Identity

3. Committed to Ethnicity, Committed to America: How Second-Generation Indian Americans' Ethnic Boundaries Further their Americanisation

4. The Indian Diaspora in Transnational Context: Social Relations and Cultural Identities of Immigrants to New York City

5. Transnationalism and the Indo-Fijian Diaspora: The Relationship of Indo-Fijians to India and its People

6. Home and Away: Diasporas, Developments and Displacements in a Globalising World

Summary: This book studies Indian diaspora, currenlty 20 million across the world, from various perspectives. It looks at the 'transnational' nature of the middle class worker. Other aspects include: post 9/11 challenges; ethnicity in USA; cultural identity versus national identity; gender issues amongst the diaspora communities. It argues that Indian middle classes have the unique advantages of skills, mobility, cultural rootedness and ethics of hard-work

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Shelving location	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Books	KU Central Library	Rack No. : 10 Shelve No. : B-01	General Stack (Issuable Books)	304.80954 SAT 2009 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	C-2 (I)	Available		54009
Books	KU Central Library	Rack No. : 04 Shelve No. : B-02	Reference Section (Non-Issuable Books)	304.80954 SAT 2009 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	C-1 (NI)	Not For Loan		54010

1. Examining the "Global" Indian Middle Class: Gender and Culture in the Silicon Valley/Bangalore Circuit

2. 9/11 and the Indian Diaspora: Narratives of Race, Place and Immigrant Identity

3. Committed to Ethnicity, Committed to America: How Second-Generation Indian Americans' Ethnic Boundaries Further their Americanisation

4. The Indian Diaspora in Transnational Context: Social Relations and Cultural Identities of Immigrants to New York City

5. Transnationalism and the Indo-Fijian Diaspora: The Relationship of Indo-Fijians to India and its People

6. Home and Away: Diasporas, Developments and Displacements in a Globalising World

This book studies Indian diaspora, currenlty 20 million across the world, from various perspectives. It looks at the 'transnational' nature of the middle class worker. Other aspects include: post 9/11 challenges; ethnicity in USA; cultural identity versus national identity; gender issues amongst the diaspora communities. It argues that Indian middle classes have the unique advantages of skills, mobility, cultural rootedness and ethics of hard-work

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