Down With the Brown

In "Down With the Brown," Hilal Nakiboglu §Isler describes the coming of age rituals and §processes which help define the contemporary college §experience for second generation Indian American §students. She chronicles how this population §navigates cultural fields both off campus and on it §(at the University of Pennsylvania), in the forging §of a collective identity. Isler considers how these §students engage campus spaces and use University §resources in the crafting, sharing, and performance §of their experience as second generation Americans. §She explores the role of the Model Minority Myth, §and documents these students' post 9-11 lives-- §including the impact of hate crimes and acts of bias.§Isler's ethnographic work tells the stories of Indian§American youth, the struggles they contend with; the§fluid, rich identities they perform, and the college,§career, and other life decisions they make on their§journey to adulthood. In "Down With the Brown," Hilal Nakiboglu §Isler describes the coming of age rituals and §processes which help define the contemporary college §experience for second generation Indian American §students. She chronicles how this population §navigates cultural fields both off campus and on it §(at the University of Pennsylvania), in the forging §of a collective identity. Isler considers how these §students engage campus spaces and use University §resources in the crafting, sharing, and performance §of their experience as second generation Americans. §She explores the role of the Model Minority Myth, §and documents these students'' post 9-11 lives-- §including the impact of hate crimes and acts of bias.§Isler''s ethnographic work tells the stories of Indian§American youth, the struggles they contend with; the§fluid, rich identities they perform, and the college,§career, and other life decisions they make on their§journey to adulthood.