Life Lines

"By presenting their views in their conversational styles, the author captures the rich texture of her subjects' culture along with their viewpoints...a very important study, with a great deal to tell us about immigration, assimilation, community, and social identity formation."--Indo-American News "The most interesting parts of the book...are the family portraits....Bacon offers interview material rich with information, traversing the many intergenerational and cultural tensions that exist between parents and children, and analyzing the complicated assimilation process at work in these families....The book makes interesting reading and offers us a useful look at a community that is growing and changing in this city."--The Chicago Tribune "[Bacon's] study of the Asian Indian Community in Chicago adds immeasureably to our understanding of the unique travails experienced by Asian Indians in their adopted homeland.... Life Lines is a highly informative and enjoyable book."--Social Forces "...absolutely essential reading for those who are concerned with South Asian immigrant communities, not only in the United States but in other parts of the world as well. Bacon's analysis of how elements of an Indian worldview shape and play out in Indian immigrant community life is extremely insightful."--American Journal of Sociology "By presenting their views in their conversational styles, the author captures the rich texture of her subjects' culture along with their viewpoints...a very important study, with a great deal to tell us about immigration, assimilation, community, and social identity formation."--Indo-American News "The most interesting parts of the book...are the family portraits....Bacon offers interview material rich with information, traversing the many intergenerational and cultural tensions that exist between parents and children, and analyzing the complicated assimilation process at work in these families....The book makes interesting reading and offers us a useful look at a community that is growing and changing in this city."--The Chicago Tribune "[Bacon's] study of the Asian Indian Community in Chicago adds immeasureably to our understanding of the unique travails experienced by Asian Indians in their adopted homeland.... Life Lines is a highly informative and enjoyable book."--Social Forces "...absolutely essential reading for those who are concerned with South Asian immigrant communities, not only in the United States but in other parts of the world as well. Bacon's analysis of how elements of an Indian worldview shape and play out in Indian immigrant community life is extremely insightful."--American Journal of Sociology "The volume not only offers sensitive portrayals of growing up and being Indian in the United States but also advances assimilation theory at a time when many have recently called for its abandonment. The volume thus serves as a useful contribution to the scholarly literature on the South Asian diaspora."--Religious Studies Review