The other Indians : a political and cultural history of South Asians in America
- Responsibility
- Vinay Lal.
- Imprint
- Los Angeles [Calif.] : Asian American Studies Center Press, University of California, 2008.
- Physical description
- xiv, 160 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
- Series
- Professor-in-a-pocket series
- Asian Pacific ideas.
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| Call number | Note | Status |
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| E184 .S69 L26 2008 |
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Description
Creators/Contributors
- Author/Creator
- Lal, Vinay
Contents/Summary
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 137-147) and index.
- Contents
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- Introduction: The politics of identify and a note on usage
- Indians in the global setting
- Passage to India: The circulation of the Orient in America
- Voyage from India: Slaves and seamen, wokers and peasants
- The diaspora within the diaspora: Students and rebels
- "Tawnies" amidst whites (after Benjamin Franklin)
- Exile in the new caanaan
- Emergence of a diasporic community
- The religious life of Indian communities
- Indian "culture" in the diaspora
- The politics of affluence and the anxiety of influence
- The landscape of representation in Internet modernity
- Politcs and the future of Indians in the U.S.
- The diaspora at home: Returnees, retireees, & resident non-Indians
- Sources and select further reading.
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- Publication date
- 2008
- Series
- Asian Pacific ideas
- ISBN
- 9780934052412
- 0934052417
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