Claiming citizenship : race, religion, and political mobilization among new Americans / Prema A. Kurien.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kurien, Prema A., 1963- author.

Series:

Oxford studies in migration and citizenship series.

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford studies in migration and citizenship series

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

East Indian Americans--Political activity.

East Indian Americans.

East Indian Americans--Race identity--Political aspects.

East Indian Americans--Government policy.

East Indian Americans--Religion.

Immigrants--Political activity--United States.

Immigrants.

United States--Race relations--Political aspects.

United States.

United States--Ethnic relations--Political aspects.

Physical Description:

1 online resource : illustrations.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2024]

Summary:

What are the factors that motivate the political mobilization of immigrants, and what strategies do they use to achieve political power? 'Claiming Citizenship' looks at the civic and political activism of Indian Americans, currently the second-largest group of immigrants in the United States, and a group that has seen significant representation in the three most recent presidential administrations. Yet they do not follow the unified model of mobilization of other powerful American ethnic groups. Prema Kurien argues that race, religion and caste take on new layers of meaning through the Indian experience of racialization in the United States, and across generations of Indian Americans.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource and publisher information; title from PDF title page (viewed on November 11, 2024).

ISBN:

9780197784129

0197784127

9780197784105

0197784100

OCLC:

1468044292