Published in October 2008, “Desi Land: Teen Culture, Class and Success in Silicon Valley” (Duke University Press) is an entertaining ethnographic account of teen culture during the late ‘90s/early 2000s tech boom, when Shalini Shankar “kicked it” with desi teens in three Silicon Valley high schools.
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American Anthropologist, Cindy Isenhour, University of Maine
Anthropological Quarterly, Volume 89, Vincent N. Pham, Willamette University
Business History, Christine R. Yano, University of Hawaii
Consumption Markets & Cultures, Kevin D. Thomas, The University of Texas at Austin
Ethnic and Racial Studies, Nicky Falkof, University of the Witwatersrand
Journal of Linguist Anthropology, Susan Dewey, University of Wyoming
Journal of Anthropological Research, Stanley Thangaraj, City College of New York