American karma : race, culture, and identity in the Indian diaspora / / Sunil Bhatia.

• Superior document: Qualitative studies in psychology
• Author: Bhatia, Sunil.
• Year of Publication: 2007
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Qualitative studies in psychology.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (284 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.

The 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. American Karma draws on participant observation and in-depth i...

Table of Contents

• Front matter
• Contents
• Acknowledgments
• Introduction
• 1 American Karma
• 2 Qualitative Inquiry and Psychology
• 3 Des-Pardes in the American Suburbia
• 4 Saris, Chutney Sandwiches, and “Thick Accents”
• 5 Racism and Glass Ceilings
• 6 Analyzing Assignations and Assertions
• 7 Imagining Homes
• Notes
• Bibliography
• Index
• About the Author