How to Be South Asian in America: Narratives of Ambivalence and Belonging (Hardcover)
A variety of immigrant narratives probe the dynamic process of South Asian Americanization
anupama jain has taught at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Union College, and Colby College. Her main academic interests are Anglophone and American narrative, postcolonial theory, utopianism, and social justice.
"How to Be South Asian in America analyzes narratives of nation to demonstrate their influence on contemporary possibilities for assimilation in the United States. What gives jain's book a fresh profile is its structure: she has chosen to analyze film, novels, and social history—in particular, the migration of Guyanese to Schenectady. This tripartite organization offers a more complete account than most other books on this topic, and the examples are all strong and well-argued."
—John Hawley, Santa Clara University, and author of Amitav Ghosh: An Introduction
—John Hawley, Santa Clara University, and author of Amitav Ghosh: An Introduction