The Sun Never Sets - South Asian Migrants in an Age of U.S. Power (Hardcover, New)

The Sun Never Sets collects the work of a generation of scholars who are enacting a shift in the orientation of the field of South Asian American studies which has, until recently, largely centered on literary and cultural analyses of an affluent immigrant population. The contributors focus instead on the histories and political economy of South Asian migration to the U.S.--and upon the lives, work, and activism of specific, often unacknowledged, migrant populations--presenting a more comprehensive vision of the South Asian presence in the United States. Tracking the shifts in global power that have influenced the paths and experiences of migrants, from expatriate Indian maritime workers at the turn of the century, to Indian nurses during the Cold War, to post-9/11 detainees and deportees caught in the crossfire of the "War on Terror," these essays reveal how the South Asian diaspora has been shaped by the contours of U.S. imperialism. Driven by a shared sense of responsibility among the contributing scholars to alter the profile of South Asian migrants in the American public imagination, they address the key issues that impact these migrants in the U.S., on the subcontinent, and in circuits of the transnational economy. Taken together, these essays provide tools with which to understand the contemporary political and economic conjuncture and the place of South Asian migrants within it.Vivek Baldis Assistant Professor of Comparative Media Studies at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and author of Bengali Harlem and the Lost Histories of South Asian America.Miabi Chatterjireceived her PhD from New York University in American Studies. She serves on the Board of Directors of the RESIST Foundation and works with non-profit organizations such as NYUFASP, a group of NYU faculty working for shared governance at their institution.Sujani Reddyis Five College Assistant Professor of Asian Pacific American Studies in the Department of American Studies at Amherst College.Manu Vimalasseryis Assistant Professor of History at Texas Tech University.

General

Imprint:	New York University Press
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	NYU Series in Social and Cultural Analysis
Release date:	July 2013
First published:	July 2013
Editors:	Vivek Bald • Miabi Chatterji • Sujani Reddy • Manu Vimalassery
Afterword by:	Vijay Prashad
Dimensions:	229 x 153 x 27mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover - Cloth over boards
Pages:	392
Edition:	New
ISBN-13:	978-0-8147-8643-7
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Population & demography > Immigration & emigration Promotions
LSN:	0-8147-8643-X
Barcode:	9780814786437

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