Shyam K. Sriram is an instructor of political science at Georgia Perimeter College in Atlanta and a doctoral student in the Department of Criminal Justice at Georgia State University. When he’s not listening to “This American Life”, he is probably blogging at “American Muslim”. His favorite books are Mila 18 and Battle Cry by Leon Uris.
Features
Thursday, April 2 2009
Whitewashed: America’s Invisible Middle Eastern Identity
As the Middle Eastern American community has been perceived to be less Christian and more Muslim since 9/11, so too is the assumption that they are unable to assimilate because of religious differences.
Reviews
Tuesday, March 2 2010
Sells Like Teen Spirit: Music, Youth Culture and Social Crisis by Ryan Moore
Moore is a first-class music journalist and historian, and when he delves into a particular subculture like the “econo” ethos of the Minutemen, the reader is richly rewarded.
Monday, November 30 2009
Girl Trouble by Holly Goddard Jones
If this came with a CD, I know what would be on it – Neko Case, The Drive-By Truckers, Gillian Welch, Kings of Leon, The Band and Mason Jennings. Like these artists, Jones makes America come alive.
Friday, October 23 2009
Beijing Coma by Ma Jian
This book should be essential reading to students in Iran and across the world who need a manual on student activism.
Friday, October 9 2009
Marriage Bureau for Rich People by Farahad Zama
If writers want to ameliorate the public perception of India held by the vast majority of the planet, they should write realistic fiction and not continue to perpetuate either the notion of the Temple of Doom dystopia or the Jewel in the Crown utopia.
Wednesday, October 7 2009
American Political Thought, eds. Isaac Kramnick and Theodore J. Lowi
A substantial contribution to the field, but it does not sit well with our goals as educators because of what it lacks: a truly representative manifest of the American experience.
