New cosmopolitanisms : South Asians in the US

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New cosmopolitanisms : South Asians in the US

edited by Gita Rajan and Shailja Sharma

(Asian America)

Stanford University Press, 2006

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Includes bibliographical references and index

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This book offers an in-depth look at the ways in which technology, travel, and globalization have altered traditional patterns of immigration for South Asians who live and work in the United States, and explains how their popular cultural practices and aesthetic desires are fulfilled. They are presented as the twenty-first century's "new cosmopolitans": flexible enough to adjust to globalization's economic, political, and cultural imperatives. They are thus uniquely adaptable to the mainstream cultures of the United States, but also vulnerable in a period when nationalism and security have become tools to maintain traditional power relations in a changing world.

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Contents Acknowledgments 000 Contributors 000 1. New Cosmopolitanisms: South Asians in the United States at the Turn of the 21st Century 000 Gita Rajan & Shailja Sharma 2. The Pakistani Diaspora in North America 000 Iftikhar Dadi 3. Identity & Visibility: Reflections on Museum Displays of South Asian Art 000 Vidya Dehejia 4. South Asian Religions In The Us: New Contexts And Configurations 000 Karen Leonard 5. Bollywood Abroad: South Asian Diasporic Cosmopolitanism and Indian Cinema 000 Jigna Desai 6. The Psychological Cost of New Cosmopolitanism: Eating Disorders in the Context of Globalization 000 Dana S. Iyer and Nick Haslam 7. Theorizing Recognition: South Asian Authors in a Global Milieu 000 Gita Rajan and Shailja Sharma Notes 000 Index 000

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