Format:
1 online resource (273 pages)
ISBN:
9780812200676
Content:
"A sophisticated and sympathetic portrayal of the 'dynamic tensions' faced by second-generation British Sikhs coming of age in Thatcherite Britain of the late 1980s and early 1990s. . . . An accessible book that can profitably be read by anthropologists, educators, and all those concerned with issues of citizenship and ethnic pluralism in modern nation-states."--Anthropos.
Content:
Cover -- Lives in Translation -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- 1. Introduction: A Different Immigration Story -- 2. From Subjects to Citizens -- 3. The Politics of Language Recognition -- 4. "Becoming like Us" -- 5. Mediated Traditions -- 6. "You Can't Be Religious and Be Westernized" -- 7. "There's a Time to Act English and a Time to Act Indian" -- 8. Consciousness, Self-Awareness, and the Life Path -- Epilogue: An Unfinished Story -- Notes -- Works Cited -- Index -- Acknowledgments.
Note:
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Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780812218114
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9780812218114
Language:
English
URL:
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/kxp/detail.action?docID=3441518
