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Author:

Dhingra, Pawan.

Title:

Managing multicultural lives : Asian American professionals and the challenge of multiple identities / Pawan Dhingra.

Publisher:

Stanford University Press,

Copyright Date:

2007

Description:

x, 316 p. : map ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Hybridity (Social sciences)--United States.
Group identity--United States.
East Indian Americans--Ethnic identity.
Korean Americans--Ethnic identity.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 285-307) and index.

Contents:

Introduction: opening up the margins in the mainstream -- Uncovering Asian Americas: examining Korean Americans and Indian Americans in Texas -- Growing up takes (identity) work: developing ethnic identities -- Model Americans and minorities: racial identities and responses to racism -- Multiculturalism on the job: the work domain -- Aspiring to authenticity: the home domain -- Becoming cultural citizens: the leisure and civil society domains -- Conclusion: reconciling identities, recognizing constraints -- Appendix: Questions -- Notes -- Bibliography.

ISBN:

9780804755788 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0804755787 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780804755771 (cloth : alk. paper)
0804755779 (cloth : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)70823058

LCCN:

2006023580

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)