Being Young, Brown, and Hindu: The identity struggles of second-generation Indian Americans

Journal of Contemporary Ethnography

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 434-469

  Kurien, Prema A ^a  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Hindus; Identity formation; Indian Americans; Second generation Americans

Indexed keywords

EID: 23444448470     PISSN: 08912416     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0891241605275575     Document Type: Review

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