Desi Land: Teen Culture, Class, and Success in Silicon Valley by Shalini Shankar

Description: Desi Land by Shalini Shankar An ethnographic account of South Asian American teen culture during the Silicon Valley dot-com boom. It focuses on how South Asian Americans, or "Desis," define and manage what it means to be successful in a place brimming with the promise of technology. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Desi Land is Shalini Shankars lively ethnographic account of South Asian American teen culture during the Silicon Valley dot-com boom. Shankar focuses on how South Asian Americans, or "Desis," define and manage what it means to be successful in a place brimming with the promise of technology. Between 1999 and 2001 Shankar spent many months "kickin it" with Desi teenagers at three Silicon Valley high schools, and she has since followed their lives and stories. The diverse high-school students who populate Desi Land are Muslims, Hindus, Christians, and Sikhs, from South Asia and other locations; they include first- to fourth-generation immigrants whose parents careers vary from assembly-line workers to engineers and CEOs. By analyzing how Desi teens conceptions and realizations of success are influenced by community values, cultural practices, language use, and material culture, she offers a nuanced portrait of diasporic formations in a transforming urban region.Whether discussing instant messaging or arranged marriages, Desi bling or the pressures of the model minority myth, Shankar foregrounds the teens voices, perspectives, and stories. She investigates how Desi teens interact with dialogue and songs from Bollywood films as well as how they use their heritage language in ways that inform local meanings of ethnicity while they also connect to a broader South Asian diasporic consciousness. She analyzes how teens negotiate rules about dating and reconcile them with their longer-term desire to become adult members of their communities. In Desi Land Shankar not only shows how Desi teens of different socioeconomic backgrounds are differently able to succeed in Silicon Valley schools and economies but also how such variance affects meanings of race, class, and community for South Asian Americans. Notes An ethnography of South Asian American teenagers in Silicon Valley Back Cover "An excellent, ethnographically rich study of the lives and practices of young South Asian Americans living in Silicon Valley,Desi Landlends itself to use in courses in fields including anthropology, cultural studies, gender studies, and Asian American studies. What I like best of all is that Shalini Shankar trains her lens on a particular generations experience while providing us with a rich cultural history of life in Silicon Valley at the turn of the twenty-first century."-Purnima Mankekar, author ofScreening Culture, Viewing Politics: An Ethnography of Television, Womanhood, and Nation in Postcolonial India Author Biography Shalini Shankar is Assistant Professor of Anthropology and Asian American Studies at Northwestern University. Table of Contents Preface and Acknowledgments viiIntroduction: Welcome to Desi Land 11. California, Here We Come, Right Back Where We Started From 252. Defining Desi Teen Culture 533. Living and Desiring Desi Bling Life 804. Desi Fashions of Speaking 1005. Being FOBulous on Multicultural Day 1196. Remodeling the Model Minority Stereotype 1427. Dating on the DL and Arranged Marriages 1678. In the New Millennium 193Postscript 211Appendix 1: Student Interview 213Appendix 2: Faculty Interview 218Appendix 3: Parent and Relative Interview 220Appendix 4: Student Survey 223Notes 225Glossary of Hindi and Punjabi Terms 237Bibliography 239Index 263 Review "In this exciting book, Shalini Shankar writes about Desi teens in Silicon Valley with deep sympathy, humor, and genuine insight. The high-school students come alive through ethnographic detail, and yet Shankars analysis is sharp and thought provoking. Her theoretically sophisticated approach to diversity makes an important contribution to urban anthropology. I will recommend this book to everyone I know--scholars, educators, and advocates--who works with twenty-first-century youth."--Jan English-Lueck, author of Cultures@SiliconValley "Shalini Shankars Desi Land is a loving portrait of young people trying their best to fashion culture and life in jobless America. Thick description and rich analysis of young Desis is an eye-opener, whether youre wearing your mad tight color contacts or not."--Vijay Prashad, author of The Darker Nations: A Peoples History of the Third World "An excellent, ethnographically rich study of the lives and practices of young South Asian Americans living in Silicon Valley, Desi Land lends itself to use in courses in fields including anthropology, cultural studies, gender studies, and Asian American studies. What I like best of all is that Shalini Shankar trains her lens on a particular generations experience while providing us with a rich cultural history of life in Silicon Valley at the turn of the twenty-first century."--Purnima Mankekar, author of Screening Culture, Viewing Politics: An Ethnography of Television, Womanhood, and Nation in Postcolonial India Promotional An ethnography of South Asian American teenagers in Silicon Valley Review Quote "Shalini Shankars Desi Land is a loving portrait of young people trying their best to fashion culture and life in jobless America. Thick description and rich analysis of young Desis is an eye-opener, whether youre wearing your mad tight color contacts or not."- Vijay Prashad , author of The Darker Nations: A Peoples History of the Third World Promotional "Headline" An ethnography of South Asian American teenagers in Silicon Valley Details ISBN0822343150 Author Shalini Shankar Short Title DESI LAND Publisher Duke University Press Language English ISBN-10 0822343150 ISBN-13 9780822343158 Media Book Year 2008 Imprint Duke University Press Subtitle Teen Culture, Class, and Success in Silicon Valley Place of Publication North Carolina Country of Publication United States Format Paperback Birth 1972 UK Release Date 2008-10-27 AU Release Date 2008-10-27 NZ Release Date 2008-10-27 US Release Date 2008-10-27 Pages 264 Publication Date 2008-10-27 DEWEY 305.23508995073 Audience Undergraduate We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. 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