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Desi Land: Teen Culture, Class, and Success in Silicon Valley Shalini Shankar
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Desi Land: Teen Culture, Class, and Success in Silicon Valley
Shalini Shankar
An ethnographic account of South Asian American teen culture during the Silicon Valley dot-com boom. It focuses on how South Asian Americans, or "Desis," define and manage what it means to be successful in a place brimming with the promise of technology.
264 pages
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | October 27, 2008 |
| ISBN13 | 9780822343004 |
| Publishers | Duke University Press |
| Pages | 264 |
| Dimensions | 152 × 229 × 20 mm · 503 g |
| Language | English |