{"product_id":"uncle-swami-vijay-prashad-9781595587848","title":"Uncle Swami: South Asians in America Today","description":"Within hours of the attacks on the World Trade Center, misdirected assaults on Sikhs and other South Asians flared on streets across the nation, serving as harbingers of a more suspicious, less discerning, and increasingly fearful world view that would drastically change ideas of belonging and acceptance in America. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWeaving together distinct strands of recent South Asian immigration to the United States, \u003ci\u003eUncle Swami\u003c\/i\u003e creates a richly textured analysis of the systems and sentiments behind shifting notions of cultural identity in a post 9\/11 world. Vijay Prashad continues the conversation sparked by his celebrated work \u003ci\u003eThe Karma of Brown Folk\u003c\/i\u003e and confronts the experience of migration across an expanse of generations and class divisions, from the birth of political activism among second generation immigrants to the meteoric rise of South Asian American politicians in Republican circles to the migrant workers who suffer in the name of American capitalism. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA powerful new indictment of American imperialism at the dawn of the twenty-first century, \u003ci\u003eUncle Swami\u003c\/i\u003e restores a diasporic community to its full-fledged complexity, beyond model minorities and the specters of terrorism.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Vijay Prashad\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1595587845\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781595587848\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e New Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/05\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.50h x 5.50w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/30\/2012 pg. 42\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/2012 pg. 68\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/01\/2012","brand":"Vijay Prashad","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44245308539135,"sku":"9781595587848","price":21.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_9a784de4-7de0-409f-b811-d8675d287625.jpg?v=1693927300","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/uncle-swami-vijay-prashad-9781595587848","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}