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Indian accents : brown voice and racial performance in American television and film / Shilpa S. Dave.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Davé, Shilpa.
- Series:
- Asian American Experience
- Asian American experience
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Accents and accentuation in motion pictures.
- Accents and accentuation in television programs.
- East Indians in motion pictures.
- English language--United States--Accents and accentuation.
- English language.
- Motion pictures--United States.
- Motion pictures.
- Television programs--United States.
- Television programs.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (210 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Urbana : University of Illinois Press, c2013.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- "The representation of Indian Americans as foreign terrorists and as citizens who speak with an American accent comprise a major plot point in Harold and Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay. In American media, South Asians vacillate between being cast as racially foreign while simultaneously being praised as a model minority because they are highly educated, speak English, and can economically succeed in America. In American cinema and television, Shilpa Dave serves how contemporary images of South Asians build upon, modify, and at times diverge from previous stereotypes of Asian Americans as immigrants and model minorities"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- ""Cover""; ""Title Page""; ""Copyright Page""; ""Contents""; ""Illustrations""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction. Rethinking Accents in America""; ""1. South Asians and the Hollywood Party: Peter Sellers and Brownface Performances""; ""2. Apu's Brown Voice: The Simpsons and Indian American Accents""; ""3. Animating Gandhi: Historical Figures, Asian American Masculinity, and Model-Minority Accents in ""; ""4. Indian Gurus in the American Marketplace: Consumer Spirituality in The Love Guru and The Guru""
- ""5. The (Asian) American Dream: Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle and the Pan-Ethnic Buddy Film""""6. ""Running from the Joint"": Harold and Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay and Comic Narrative after 9""; ""Epilogue""; ""Notes""; ""Index""
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9781299243200
- 1299243207
- 9780252094583
- 0252094581
- OCLC:
- 1097148932
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