Speaking like a model minority: "FOB" styles, gender, and racial meanings among desi teens in Silicon Valley

Journal of Linguistic Anthropology

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 268-289

  Shankar, Shalini ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Gender; Race; South Asian American; Style; Youth

Indexed keywords

EID: 57049165421     PISSN: 10551360     EISSN: 15481395     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1548-1395.2008.00022.x     Document Type: Article

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