Doing the Desi Thing

Performing Indianness in New York City
1. Auflage 2000
ISBN: 978-0-8153-3372-2
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Inc

Buch, Englisch, 224 Seiten, Format (B × H): 146 mm x 222 mm, Gewicht: 422 g

Reihe: Studies in Asian Americans

First published in 2000. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Sunder Mukhi, Sunita

Fachgebiete

• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft | Kulturwissenschaften Kulturwissenschaften
• Geisteswissenschaften Theater- und Filmwissenschaft | Andere Darstellende Künste Tanz

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface; Chapter 1: Introduction; Chapter 2: The Migrant Sensibility; Chapter 3: Currying the Big Apple: Creating an Authentic Pan-Indian Ethnic Aesthetic; Chapter 4: Underneath My Blouse Beats My Indian Heart: Hindi Film Dance, Indian Womanhood, and Nationalism; Chapter 5: The GlamoroU.S. Bride Snow White Dances Disco Bhangra with Desi Groom: Performing Hybridity at New York University; Chapter 6: It's a Drag Growing Rutabagas in the Shrinking Himalayas: A Performance (Ambi)Valence to Indianness; Bibliography; Appendix A: Dance Data Guide by Joann Kealiinohomoku, 1966; Appendix B: Brief Chronology of Immigration of Indian Diaspora-Focus U.S.S.; Appendix C: U.S. Population of Indian Descent; Index