Sweating saris : Indian dance as transnational labor

Sweating saris : Indian dance as transnational labor / Priya Srinivasan.

A groundbreaking book that seeks to understand dance as labor, Sweating Saris examines dancers not just as aesthetic bodies but as transnational migrant workers and wage earners who negotiate citizenship and gender issues. Srinivasan merges ethnography, history, critical race theory, performance and...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Srinivasan, Priya, 1972-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Philadelphia : Temple University Press, ©2012.
Subjects:
Dance > Social aspects > India.
Dance > Social aspects > United States.
Women dancers > India > Social conditions.
Women dancers > United States > Social conditions.
Bharata natyam > Social aspects > United States.
Foreign workers, East Indian > United States > Social conditions.
East Indians > United States > Ethnic identity.
PERFORMING ARTS > Dance > Folk.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
Hobbies and Games.
Bharata natyam > Social aspects
Dance > Social aspects
East Indians > Ethnic identity
Dans > kläder > Indien.
Dansare > indiskor > levnadsförhållanden > Förenta staterna.
Etnicitet > identitet.
Dancing > clothing > India.
Dancers > Indian women > living conditions > United States.
Ethnicity > identity.
Dans > sociala aspekter.
Kvinnliga dansare.
Bharata Natyam.
Kvinnliga gästarbetare.
India
United States
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