Negotiating tradition, becoming American : family, gender, and autonomy for second generation South Asians /
Rifat Anjum Salam.
- 1 online resource (262 pages)
- The new Americans : recent immigration and American society .
- New Americans (LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC) .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction : second generation South Asians: negotiating tradition and becoming American -- Perspectives on assimilation -- Contradictory childhoods: family dilemmas and strategies -- The neo-traditional pathway -- The independence pathway -- The ethnic rebellion pathway -- Conclusion : family, gender and the second generation.
9781593327347 (e-book)
South Asian Americans--Social conditions. South Asians--Social conditions.--United States Assimilation (Sociology)--United States. Families--United States.