Doing the Desi thing : performing Indianness in New York City /

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Author / Creator:	Mukhi, Sunita Sunder.
Imprint:	New York : Garland Pub., 2000.
Description:	xii, 247 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Language:	English
Series:	Asian Americans
Subject:	East Indian Americans -- New York (State) -- New York -- Social life and customs. East Indian Americans -- New York (State) -- New York -- Ethnic identity. Arts, Indic -- New York (State) -- New York. Performing arts -- New York (State) -- New York. Arts, Indic. East Indian Americans -- Ethnic identity. East Indian Americans -- Social life and customs. Performing arts. New York (State) -- New York.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4353592

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ISBN:	0815333722 (alk. paper)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (p. 217-233) and index.

Table of Contents:

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

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