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South Asia and the Diaspora
Sun, August 9, 10:00 to 11:30am, TBASession Submission Type: Paper Session (90 minute)
Description
This session invites papers that use sociological approaches to examine South Asia and its global diasporas. Topics may include migration, transnationalism, gender, religion, political economy, and cultural production.
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Gendered Custodians of Culture: Religion and the Moral Labor of Ethnic Retention among Pakistani Immigrants - Maheen Haider, University of Massachusetts-Lowell
Legal Power, Federal Courts, and Punjabi Sikh Asylum Seekers in the United States - Prashasti Sanjay Bhatnagar, University of California-Los Angeles
Locational Precarity: H-1B Visa and Spatial Uncertainty Among Indian Migrants in the U.S. - Upama Bhattacharya, University of Texas-Austin
Success Won't Save Us: How White Supremacy Uplifts and Threatens the South Asian American Experience - Pawan Dhingra, Amherst College
The Diasporic Gaze: Transnational Simultaneity and Indian-American Politics across Borders - Nisarg Mehta, University of Chicago