Desi divas : political activism in South Asian American cultural performances / Christine L. Garlough.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Garlough, Christine L., 1967-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Performance art--Political aspects--United States.

Performance art.

Performance art--Social aspects--United States.

South Asian American women--Social life and customs.

South Asian American women.

South Asian American women--Ethnic identity.

Women in the performing arts--United States.

Women in the performing arts.

Art and social action--United States.

Art and social action.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (437 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, c2013.

Summary:

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,

Contents:

Toward acknowledgment: care in diasporic performances

Performing South Asian American histories

National recognition and community acknowledgment

A future in relation to the other

Cultural activism and sexuality in feminist performance

Intertwining folklore and rhetoric: cultural performance, acknowledgment, and social justice.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed.

ISBN:

9781621039242

1621039242

OCLC:

819531738

Publisher Number:

heb40377 hdl