Description: Transnational America by Inderpal Grewal Estimated delivery 3-12 business days Format Paperback Condition Brand New Description A study of South Asian Americans which views both their identity and that of America as constructed transnationally between the U.S. and India. Publisher Description Transnational America is a path-breaking study of the production of middle-class Indian and American citizens in the context of late-twentieth-century neoliberalism. Inderpal Grewal considers how the circulation and travels of South Asian Indians between India and the U.S. during the 1990s created transnational subjects shaped by a global American culture. Rather than simply framing the United States as an imperialist nation-state that imposes unilateral political power in the world, Grewal analyzes how the concept of "America" functions as a nationalist discourse beyond the boundaries of the United States by disseminating an ideal of democratic citizenship through consumer practices. Grewal combines a postcolonial perspective with social and cultural theory to argue that contemporary notions of gender, race, class, and nationality are linked to earlier histories of colonization and, in particular, to the consumer culture that emerged from colonization. Focusing on three novelists who emigrated from India to the United States, she considers how a concept of Americanness becomes linked to cosmopolitanism.Through an analysis of Mattels sales of Barbie dolls in India, she shows how American products are consumed by middle-class Indian women with financial means created by Indias market liberalization.Considering the fate of asylum-seekers, Grewal looks at how a global feminism in which female refugees are figured as human rights victims emerged from a Western subjectivity. In drawing attention to an "America" created through the global circulation of people, goods, social movements, rights discourses and more, Grewal makes a powerful, nuanced argument that America must be understood--and studied--as a dynamic entity produced and transformed both within and far beyond its territorial boundaries. Author Biography Inderpal Grewal is Professor of Womens Studies at the University of California, Irvine. She is the author of Home and Harem: Nation, Gender, Empire, and the Cultures of Travel (also published by Duke University Press); coauthor of An Introduction to Womens Studies: Gender in a Transnational World; and coeditor of Scattered Hegemonies: Postmodernity and Transnational Feminist Practices. Details ISBN 0822335441 ISBN-13 9780822335443 Title Transnational America Author Inderpal Grewal Format Paperback Year 2005 Pages 296 Publisher Duke University Press GE_Item_ID:161666670; About Us Grand Eagle Retail is the ideal place for all your shopping needs! With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and over 1,000,000 in stock items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! Shipping & Delivery Times Shipping is FREE to any address in USA. Please view eBay estimated delivery times at the top of the listing. Deliveries are made by either USPS or Courier. We are unable to deliver faster than stated. International deliveries will take 1-6 weeks. NOTE: We are unable to offer combined shipping for multiple items purchased. This is because our items are shipped from different locations. Returns If you wish to return an item, please consult our Returns Policy as below: Please contact Customer Services and request "Return Authorisation" before you send your item back to us. Unauthorised returns will not be accepted. Returns must be postmarked within 4 business days of authorisation and must be in resellable condition. Returns are shipped at the customer's risk. We cannot take responsibility for items which are lost or damaged in transit. For purchases where a shipping charge was paid, there will be no refund of the original shipping charge. Additional Questions If you have any questions please feel free to Contact Us. Categories Baby Books Electronics Fashion Games Health & Beauty Home, Garden & Pets Movies Music Sports & Outdoors Toys
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Book Title: Transnational America : Feminisms, Diasporas, Neoliberalisms
Number of Pages: 296 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Duke University Press
Publication Year: 2005
Item Height: 0.9 in
Topic: Feminism & Feminist Theory, Globalization, Economics / General, Anthropology / Cultural & Social, International / General, Civics & Citizenship, Social Psychology
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Genre: Political Science, Social Science, Psychology, Business & Economics
Item Weight: 15.2 Oz
Item Length: 9.2 in
Author: Inderpal Grewal
Book Series: Next Wave: New Directions in Women's Studies
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