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A Part, Yet Apart : South Asians in Asian America Asian American History and Culture
author
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Shankar, Lavina Dhingra
publisher
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Temple University Press
isbn10 | asin
:
156639578X
print isbn13
:
9781566395786
ebook isbn13
:
9780585368979
language
:
English
subject
South Asian Americans.
publication date
:
1998
lcc
:
E184.S69P37 1998eb
ddc
:
973/.04914
subject
:
South Asian Americans.
Page i
A Part, Yet Apart
South Asians in Asian America
Page ii
In the series
ASIAN AMERICAN HISTORY AND CULTURE
edited by Sucheng Chan, David Palumbo-Liu, and Michael Omi
A list of books in this series appears at the back of this volume
Page iii
A Part, Yet Apart
South Asians in Asian America
Edited by
Lavina Dhingra Shankar and Rajini Srikanth
Page iv
Temple University Press, Philadelphia 19122 Copyright 1998 by Temple University All rights reserved Published 1998 Printed in the United States of America
The paper used in this publication meets the requirements of the American National Standard for Information SciencesPermanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSI Z39.48-1984
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
A part, yet apart : South Asians in Asian America / edited by Lavina Dhingra Shankar and Rajini Srikanth, p. cm. (Asian American history and culture) Includes bibliographical references. ISBN 1-56639-577-1 (alk. paper). ISBN 1-56639-578-X (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. South Asian Americans. I. Shankar, Lavina Dhingra, 1965 II. Srikanth, Rajini. III. Series. E184.S69P37 1998 973'.04914dc21 97-38354 CIP
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CONTENTS
Acknowledgments
vii
Foreword: South Asian Identity in Asian America
Rajiv Shankar
ix
Introduction: Closing the Gap? South Asians Challenge Asian American Studies
Lavina Dhingra Shankar and Rajini Srikanth
1
I. Limiting Names and Labels
1 With Kaleidoscope Eyes: The Potential (Dangers) of Identitarian Coalitions
Deepika Bahri
25
2 The Limits of (South Asian) Names and Labels: Postcolonial or Asian American?
Lavina Dhingra Shankar
49
II. The Disconnections of Race
3 The Racial Gap: South Asian American Racial Identity and the Asian American Movement
Nazli Kibria
69
4 Pahkar Singh's Argument with Asian America: Color and the Structure of Race Formation
Min Song
79
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III. Topologies of Activism
5 Crafting Solidarities
Vijay Prashad
105
6 At the Crossroads: College Activism and Its Impact on Asian American Identity Formation
Anu Gupta
127
7 From Campus to Community Politics in Asian America
Sumantra Iito Sinha
146
8 The Call of Rice: (South) Asian American Queer Communities
Sandip Roy
168
9 Ram Yoshino Uppuluri's Campaign: The Implications for Panethnicity in Asian America
Rajini Srikanth
186
IV. Literary Texts and Diasporics
10 A World Apart: A Reading of South Asian American Literature
Ruth Yu Hsiao
217
11 Min(d)ing the Gap: South Asian Americans and Diaspora
Samir Dayal
235
Contributors
267
In the Series
269
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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
We would like to thank our contributors for their cooperation, patience, and meticulous revisions; Sucheta Mazumdar for believing in the importance of this book; Roshni Rustomji-Kerns for her trust and continuous concern; Sau-ling Wong, Amy Ling, and Elizabeth Ammons for their encouragement and reviews; David Palumbo-Liu for his commitment to the project and his comprehensive critiques; our students, who continuously reminded us of the need for this volume; and Janet Francendese for her resilience in bringing it all together.
Lavina Shankar is grateful to Bates College for the Roger Schmutz Research Award, to her colleagues in the English Department for a supportive environment, and to Rajiv for coining the book's title, for his inspiration and advice, and for his professional and personal collaboration.
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