{"product_id":"american-karma-race-culture-and-identity-in-the-indian-diaspora-9780814799598","title":"American Karma: Race, Culture, and Identity in the Indian Diaspora","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Indian American community is one of the fastest growing immigrant communities in the U.S. Unlike previous generations, they are marked by a high degree of training as medical doctors, engineers, scientists, and university professors.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAmerican Karma\u003c\/b\u003e draws on participant observation and in-depth interviews to explore how these highly skilled professionals have been inserted into the racial dynamics of American society and transformed into \"people of color.\" Focusing on first-generation, middle-class Indians in American suburbia, it also sheds light on how these transnational immigrants themselves come to understand and negotiate their identities.\u003cbr\u003eBhatia forcefully contends that to fully understand migrant identity and cultural formation it is essential that psychologists and others think of selfhood as firmly intertwined with sociocultural factors such as colonialism, gender, language, immigration, and race-based immigration laws.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAmerican Karma\u003c\/b\u003e offers a new framework for thinking about the construction of selfhood and identity in the context of immigration. This innovative approach advances the field of psychology by incorporating critical issues related to the concept of culture, including race, power, and conflict, and will also provide key insights to those in anthropology, sociology, human development, and migrant studies.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Sunil Bhatia\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e New York University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/01\/2007\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 270\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.89lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.88h x 6.09w x 0.69d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780814799598\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBhatia, Sunil:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cb\u003eSunil Bhatia\u003c\/b\u003e is Associate Professor of Human Development at Connecticut College.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"New York University Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40183711006835,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":33.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_69b81dec-a4df-42aa-85b7-5a1f620ee3c2.jpg?v=1655558601","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/american-karma-race-culture-and-identity-in-the-indian-diaspora-9780814799598","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}