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Engineering the American dream: An ethnography of the culture of success for Asian Indian elites in Los Angeles and the Silicon Valley.

机译：打造美国梦：关于洛杉矶和硅谷的亚洲印度精英成功文化的民族志。

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This dissertation uncovers how cultural differences become the basis for exclusion in the corporate workplace. Understanding such subtle processes requires deep immersion in the day-to-day lives of high-skilled immigrants. I gained observational access to a professional organization and entree into the workplaces, homes, and social worlds of Asian Indian elites in Los Angeles and the Silicon Valley. I chose Asian Indians for two reasons: (1) they constitute a critical case for the study of high-skilled immigration to the U.S.; and (2) my background and contacts enabled me to gain access to members of this group. I entered the project expecting to find answers to three main research questions: (1) How do Asian Indians adapt to economic and social life in the United States; (2) What barriers, if any, do they face in the United States labor market; and (3) What role do mediating organizations, social capital, and cultural capital play in their adaptation and assimilation? However, as is often the case in ethnographic fieldwork, emergent findings from the field shifted and sharpened the focus of this dissertation to Asian Indians' everyday lives and compelled different orienting research questions: (1) How do highly successful Asian Indian elites understand their own success; and (2) how does culture benefit and constrain the everyday lives of Asian Indian elites?;My introductory chapter addresses the theoretical and methodological motivations of my dissertation. The methods, details the making of an analytic ethnography (including my access sampling, and analysis strategies) and addresses the management of gender relations in the field, particularly the gender stereotypes I had to negotiate vis-a-vis my informants. The empirical chapters examine the scripts of success Asian Indian elites use in their everyday lives, the role of spouses in elite success, gender relations between Los Angeles and the Silicon Valley, and the role of the new second generation in the culture of success. I conclude my dissertation with a discussion on immigration and workplace policy implications of my research and an agenda for future research. I also provide an appendix that contains a glossary of key terms, interview instruments, and a table.;Key Words: Asian Indians; The Culture of Success; Social Capital; Mobility
机译：本文揭示了文化差异如何成为企业工作场所排斥的基础。要了解这种微妙的过程，就必须深入沉浸于高技能移民的日常生活中。我获得了与专业组织的观察联系，并进入了洛杉矶和硅谷的亚洲印度精英阶层的工作场所，家庭和社交世界。我之所以选择亚洲印第安人有两个原因：（1）他们构成了研究高技能移民到美国的关键案例; （2）我的背景和联系人使我能够访问该组的成员。我进入了这个项目，希望找到三个主要研究问题的答案：（1）亚洲印第安人如何适应美国的经济和社会生活； （2）在美国劳动力市场上，他们将面对哪些障碍； （3）调解组织，社会资本和文化资本在其适应和吸收中起什么作用？但是，与民族志田野调查一样，从田野中获得的新发现将本论文的重点转移到了亚裔印度人的日常生活上，并提出了不同的研究方向：（1）高度成功的亚裔印度精英如何理解自己的民族成功; （2）文化如何使亚洲印度精英阶层受益并限制他们的日常生活？；我的导论部分论述了论文的理论和方法论动机。这些方法详细介绍了分析人种志的制作方法（包括我的访问抽样和分析策略），并解决了该领域的性别关系管理问题，特别是我必须与我的线人进行协商的性别定型观念。实证章节考察了亚洲印度精英在日常生活中使用的成功脚本，配偶在精英成功中的作用，洛杉矶与硅谷之间的性别关系以及第二代新人在成功文化中的作用。最后，我的论文讨论了我的研究对移民和工作场所政策的影响以及未来研究的议程。我还提供了一个附录，其中包含关键术语，访谈工具和表格的词汇表。成功的文化；社会资本;流动性

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  • 作者

    Sandhu, Sabeen.;

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    University of California, Irvine.;

  • 授予单位 University of California, Irvine.;
  • 学科 Sociology Theory and Methods.;Sociology General.;Sociology Ethnic and Racial Studies.
  • 学位 Ph.D.
  • 年度 2009
  • 页码 179 p.
  • 总页数 179
  • 原文格式 PDF
  • 正文语种 eng
  • 中图分类 社会学理论与方法论;社会学;民族学;
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