Description
Weaving together distinct strands of latest South Asian immigration to the USA, Uncle Swami examines a diverse and dynamic people whose identities are all too ceaselessly lumped together, glossed over, or simply misunderstood. Vijay Prashad confronts the experience of migration across an expanse of generations and class divisions, from the birth of political activism among second-generation immigrants and the meteoric rise of South Asian American politicians in Republican circles to migrant workers on the mercy of the vicissitudes of the American free market.
Described as “eye-opening” (Kirkus Reviews), “bound to spark discussion” (Booklist), and “required reading for somebody who wants to be aware race, assimilation, and patriotism (The Boston Globe), Uncle Swami restores a diasporic community to its full-fledged complexity beyond both model minorities and the specters of terrorism.