Interrogating Intersectionality

Contemporary Globalisation and Racialised Gendering in the Lives of Highly Educated South Asian Americans and their Children

Bibliographic Data

ID3633026
AuthorsB Purkayastha (0000-0003-1386-138X, University of Connecticut, corresponding author)
Year2010
Volume31
Issue1
Pages29-47
Publication date2010-02-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Intercultural Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0725-6868 • E-ISSN: 1469-9540
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/07256860903477696
OpenAlexW2091752273
LanguageEN
Citations received47
References cited24

This paper examines the fit of the intersectionality framework for understanding transnational lives. The data for this paper is drawn from my research on South Asian migrants to America and their children, the 1.5 and 2nd generation. I focus on these highly educated migrants and their children and their efforts to maintain meaningful family ties and live religions in a context that spans the USA and selected South Asian countries. I use this data to assess whether the intersectionality approach is able to explain lives that span ‘real’ and ‘virtual’ social worlds. I show that the intersectionality approach needs to be deepened to capture simultaneous experiences of privilege and marginalisation across national and transnational contexts

Geography · Globalization · Intersectionality · Political science · Politics · Social science · Social worlds · Sociology · South asia · Transnationalism · Anthropology · Diaspora, migration, transnational identity · Gender Studies · Migration and Labor Dynamics · Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy

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