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"Purkayastha’s work disentangles the effects of race and class. . . . Her findings suggest that ethnic identity is fluid and multi-layered and that the meanings and boundaries of these multiple layers constantly diverge, intersect, coalesce, and clash."—Min Zhou, professor of sociology and chair of the department of Asian American studies, University of California, Los Angeles"[An] innovative and richly textured work."—Gary Y. Okihiro, professor of international and public affairs and director of the Center for the Study of Ethnicity and Race at Columbia UniversityIn the continuing debates on the topic of racial and ethnic identity in the United States, there are some that argue that ethnicity is an ascribed reality. To the contrary, others claim that individuals are becoming increasingly active in choosing and constructing their ethnic identities.Focusing on second-generation South Asian Americans, Bandana Purkayastha offers fresh insights into the subjective experience of race, ethnicity, and social class in an increasingly diverse America. The young people of Indian, Pakistani, Bangladeshi, and Nepalese origin that are the subjects of the study grew up in mostly white middle-cl

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Author

Bandana Purkayastha

Publisher

Rutgers University Press

Published

2005

Language

EN

ISBN

9781280462849

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Science, Social Science, Economics