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Transnational Immigrants = Redefining Identity and Citizenship /

Record Type:	Language materials, printed : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Transnational Immigrants/ by Uma Sarmistha.
Reminder of title:	Redefining Identity and Citizenship /
Author:	Sarmistha, Uma.
Description:	XI, 127 p. 30 illus., 14 illus. in color.online resource. :
Contained By:	Springer Nature eBook
Subject:	Regionalism. -
Online resource:	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-8542-1
ISBN:	9789811385421

Transnational Immigrants = Redefining Identity and Citizenship /
Sarmistha, Uma.

Transnational ImmigrantsRedefining Identity and Citizenship /[electronic resource] :by Uma Sarmistha. - 1st ed. 2019. - XI, 127 p. 30 illus., 14 illus. in color.online resource.

Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2. Work visa (H-1 B) category and its formalities -- Chapter 3: Type and Extend of Transnationalism -- Chapter 4: What it feels like to be Transnational -- Chapter 5: Impact of being Transnational -- Chapter 6: Conclusion and Discussion.

This book provides a detailed account of transnational practices undertaken by Indian ‘high-tech’ workers living in the United States. It describes the complexities and challenges of adapting to a new culture while clinging to tradition. Asian-Indians represent a significant part of the professional and ‘high-tech’ workforce in the United States, and the majority are temporary workers, working on contractual jobs (H1-B and L1 work visa category). Further, it is not unusual for Indian immigrant workers to marry and have children while working in the U.S. Gradually, they learn to negotiate the U.S. cultural terrain in both their place of work and at home in the U.S. As such there is the potential that they will become transnational, developing new identities and engaging in cultural and social practices from two different nations: India and the U.S. Against this background, the book describes the nature and extent of transnational practices adopted by high-tech Indian workers employed in the United States on temporary work visas. The study reveals that the temporary stay of these professionals and their families in the U.S. necessitates day-to-day balancing of two cultures in terms of food, clothing, recreation, and daily activities, creating a transnational lifestyle for these young professionals. Transnational activities at the workplace, which are forced by the work culture of the MNCs that employ them, can be considered as ‘transnationalism from above.’ Simultaneously, being bi-lingual at home, cooking and eating Indian and Western food, socializing with Indian and American friends outside work, and all the cultural activities they perform on a day-to-day basis, indicates ‘transnationalism from below’. The book is of interest to researchers and academics working on issues relating to culture, social change, migration and development.

ISBN: 9789811385421

Standard No.: 10.1007/978-981-13-8542-1doiSubjects--Topical Terms:

561881
Regionalism.

LC Class. No.: JF197

Dewey Class. No.: 320.54

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