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Author Shankar, Shalini, 1972-

Title Desi land : teen culture, class, and success in Silicon Valley / Shalini Shankar.

Publication Info. Durham : Duke University Press, 2008.

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Location Call No. Status OPAC Message Public Note Gift Note
 Moore Stacks  E184.S69 S55 2008    Available  ---
Description xi, 275 pages ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-261) and index.
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.
Subject South Asian American teenagers -- California -- Santa Clara Valley (Santa Clara County) -- Social conditions.
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.
Ethnicity.
South Asian Americans -- California -- Santa Clara Valley (Santa Clara County) -- Social conditions.
South Asian Americans.
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)
Subculture.
Subcultures.
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