Desi land [electronic resource] : teen culture, class, and success in Silicon Valley / Shalini Shankar.

By: Shankar, Shalini, 1972-Contributor(s): ProQuest (Firm)Material type: TextTextPublication details: Durham, N.C. : Duke University Press, 2008Description: xi, 274 pSubject(s): South Asian American teenagers -- California -- Santa Clara Valley (Santa Clara County) -- Social conditions | South Asian American teenagers -- California -- Santa Clara Valley (Santa Clara County) -- Ethnic identity | South Asian Americans -- California -- Santa Clara Valley (Santa Clara County) -- Social conditions | South Asian Americans -- California -- Santa Clara Valley (Santa Clara County) -- Ethnic identity | Ethnicity -- California -- Santa Clara Valley (Santa Clara County) | Subculture -- California -- Santa Clara Valley (Santa Clara County)Genre/Form: Electronic books.LOC classification: E184.S69 | S55 2008Online resources: Click to View
Contents:
Introduction: Welcome to Desi land -- California, here we come, right back where we started from -- Defining Desi teen culture -- Living and desiring the Desi bling life -- Desi fashions of speaking -- Being fobulous on multicultural day -- Remodeling the model minority stereotype -- Dating on the DL and arranged marriages -- In the new millennium.
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Introduction: Welcome to Desi land -- California, here we come, right back where we started from -- Defining Desi teen culture -- Living and desiring the Desi bling life -- Desi fashions of speaking -- Being fobulous on multicultural day -- Remodeling the model minority stereotype -- Dating on the DL and arranged marriages -- In the new millennium.

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

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