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Author:
Garlough, Christine, 1967-
Title:
Desi divas : political activism in South Asian American cultural performances / Christine L. Garlough.
Publisher:
University Press of Mississippi,
Copyright Date:
2013
Description:
x, 233 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Subject:
Performance art--Political aspects--United States.
Performance art--Social aspects--United States.
South Asian American women--Social life and customs.
South Asian American women--Ethnic identity.
Women in the performing arts--United States.
Art and social action--United States.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
ISBN:
161703732X (cloth : alk. paper)
9781617037320 (cloth : alk. paper)
OCLC:
(OCoLC)815383668
LCCN:
2012036106
Locations:
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

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