Desi divas [electronic resource] : political activism in South Asian American cultural performances / Christine L. Garlough.
Material type: TextPublication details: Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, c2013Description: x, 233 p. : ill., portsISBN: 9781621039242 (electronic bk.)Subject(s): 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 StatesGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 792.089/914073 LOC classification: NX512.3.A83 | G37 2013Online resources: Click to ViewIncludes bibliographical references and index.
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.
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
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