Virtual homelands : Indian immigrants and online cultures in the United States / Madhavi Mallapragada.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mallapragada, Madhavi, author.

Series:

Asian American experience.

Asian American Experience

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

East Indians--United States--Ethnic Identity.

East Indians.

Online social networks--Social aspects.

Online social networks.

East Indians--Cultural assimilation--United States.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (209 p.)

Place of Publication:

Urbana, [Illinois] : University of Illinois Press, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The Internet has transformed the idea of home for Indians and Indian Americans. This work analyzes home pages and other online communities organized by diasporic and immigrant Indians from the late 1990's through the social media period.

Contents:

""Cover""; ""Title""; ""Contents""; ""List of Illustrations""; ""Introduction: Recasting Home""; ""1. Homepage Nationalisms: Silicon Indians and Curry Codes""; ""2. Out of Place in the Domestic Space: H4 Indian Ladies Negotiating Belonging""; ""3. The Wired Home: Commodified Belonging for the Transnational Family""; ""4. Desi Networds: Linking Race, Class, and Immigration to Homeland""; ""Conclusion: Home Matters in the Age of Networks""; ""Notes""; ""Index""

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Includes index.

Description based on print verison record.

ISBN:

9780252096563

0252096568

OCLC:

884547151