Desi Divas : Political Activism in South Asian American Cultural Performances /

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Desi Divas: Activism in South Asian American Cultural Performances is the product of five years of field research with progressive activists associated with the School for Indian Languages and Cultures (SILC), South Asian Americans Leading Together (SAALT), the feminist dance collective Post Natyam,...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Garlough, Christine, 1967- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Jackson [Mississippi] : University Press of Mississippi, [2013]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Women in the performing arts.
Performance art > Political aspects.
Art and social action.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Folklore & Mythology.
PERFORMING ARTS > Theater > General.
Art et action sociale > États-Unis.
Femmes dans les arts du spectacle > États-Unis.
Americaines d'origine sud-asiatique > Moeurs et coutumes.
Art and social action > United States.
Women in the performing arts > United States.
South Asian Americans women > Ethnic identity.
South Asian American women > Social life and customs.
Performance art > Social aspects > United States.
Performance art > Political aspects > United States.
United States.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Desi Divas: Activism in South Asian American Cultural Performances is the product of five years of field research with progressive activists associated with the School for Indian Languages and Cultures (SILC), South Asian Americans Leading Together (SAALT), the feminist dance collective Post Natyam, and the grassroots feminist political organization South Asian Sisters. Christine L. Garlough explores how traditional cultural forms may be critically appropriated by marginalized groups and used as rhetorical tools to promote deliberation and debate, spur understanding and connection.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (240 pages): illustrations
ISBN:9781621039242

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