Desi Land Teen Culture, Class, and Success in Silicon Valley

Name: Desi Land Teen Culture, Class, and Success in Silicon Valley
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ISBN: 9780822343158

ISBN-10: 0822343150

ISBN-13: 9780822343158

Edition: 2008

Authors: Shalini Shankar

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Desi Landis Shalini Shankar's lively ethnographic account of South Asian American teen culture during the Silicon Valley dot-com boom. Shankar focuses on how South Asian Americans, or "Desis," define and manage what it means to be successful in a place brimming with the promise of technology. Between 1999 and 2001 Shankar spent many months "kickin' it" with Desi teenagers at three Silicon Valley high schools, and she has since followed the lives and stories of these teens. The diverse high-school students who populateDesi Landare Muslims, Hindus, Christians, and Sikhs from South Asia and other diasporic locations; they include first-to-fourth generation immigrants whose parents' careers…

Book details

List price: $27.95
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Duke University Press
Publication date: 10/27/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 264
Size: 5.98" wide x 8.90" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.836
Language: English



Preface and Acknowledgments


Introduction: Welcome to Desi Land



California, Here We Come, Right Back Where We Started From



Defining Desi Teen Culture



Living and Desiring 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


Postscript



Student Interview



Faculty Interview



Parent and Relative Interview



Student Survey


Notes


Glossary of Hindi and Punjabi Terms


Bibliography


Index