Life lines : community, family, and assimilation among Asian Indian immigrants /

Life lines : community, family, and assimilation among Asian Indian immigrants /

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Author / Creator:	Bacon, Jean Leslie, 1962-
Imprint:	New York : Oxford University Press, 1996.
Description:	1 online resource (xv, 295 pages)
Language:	English
Subject:	East Indian Americans -- Cultural assimilation -- Illinois -- Chicago. East Indian Americans -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Ethnic identity. East Indian Americans -- Cultural assimilation. East Indian Americans -- Ethnic identity. Social conditions Chicago (Ill.) -- Social conditions. Illinois -- Chicago.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11178108

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ISBN:	1429415584 9781429415583 1280528311 9781280528316 9780195099737 0195099737 0195099729 0195099737 9780195099720
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-281) and index. Print version record.
Summary:	Asian Indians figure prominently among the educated, middle class subset of contemporary immigrants. They move quickly into residences, jobs, and lifestyles that provide little opportunity with fellow migrants, yet they continue to see themselves as a distinctive community within contemporary American society. In Life Lines Bacon chronicles the creation of a community - Indian-born parents and their children living in the Chicago metropolitan area - bound by neither geographic proximity, nor institutional ties, and explores the processes through which ethnic identity is transmitted to the next generation. Bacon's study centres upon the engrossing portraits of five immigrant families, each one a complex tapestry woven from the distinctive voices of its family members. Both extensive field work among community organizations and analyses of ethnic media help Bacon expose the complicated interplay between the private social interactions of family life and the stylized rhetoric of "Indianness" that permeates public life.; This inventive analysis suggests that the process of assimilation which these families undergo parallels the assimilation process experienced by anyone who conceives of him or herself as a member of a distinctive community in search of a place in American society.
Other form:	Print version: Bacon, Jean Leslie, 1962- Life lines. New York : Oxford University Press, 1996

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Summary:	Bacon's study centers upon the engrossing portraits of five immigrant families, each one a complex tapestry woven from the distinctive voices of family members. Attended by extensive field work among community organizations and analysis of ethnic media, Bacon exposes the interplay between the dense social interactions of family life, the primary locus of the experience of "Indianness," and the stylized rhetoric of "Indianness" that emanates from the world of voluntary associations and the ethnic press. This inventive analysis suggests that the process of assimilation which these families undergo parallels that experienced by anyone who conceives of him or herself as a member of a distinctive community in search of a place in American society.
Physical Description:	1 online resource (xv, 295 pages)
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-281) and index.
ISBN:	1429415584 9781429415583 1280528311 9781280528316 9780195099737 0195099737 0195099729 9780195099720