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Desi divas :political activism in South Asian American cultural performances
- 作者: Garlough, Christine,
- 出版:
- 稽核項: x, 233 pages :illustrations ;24 cm.
- 標題: Art and social action United States. , South Asian American women Social life and customs. , Social aspects , Performance art , South Asian American women , South Asian American women Ethnic identity. , Women in the performing arts United States. , Performance art Social aspects -- United States. , Social life and customs. , Performance art Political aspects -- United States. , Art and social action , Ethnic identity. , Political aspects , Women in the performing arts
- ISBN: 161703732X , 9781617037320
- ISBN: 9781617037337 (ebook)
- 附註: 103年科技部補助人文及社會科學研究圖書設備計畫規劃主題:藝術學:全球化與劇場跨界 Includes 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.
- 系統號: 005258360
- 資料類型: 圖書
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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, broaden political engagement, and advance particular social identities. Within this framework she examines how these performance activists advocate a political commitment to both justice and care, to both deliberative discussion and deeper understanding. To consider how this might happen in diasporic performance contexts, Garlough weaves together two lines of thinking. One grows from feminist theory and draws upon a core literature concerning the ethics of care. The other comes from rhetoric, philosophy, and political science literature on recognition and acknowledgment. This dual approach is used to reflect upon South Asian American women's performances that address pressing social problems related to gender inequality, immigration rights, ethnic stereotyping, hate crimes, and religious violence. Case study chapters address the relatively unknown history of South Asian American rhetorical performances from the early 1800s to the present. Avant-garde feminist performances by the Post Natyam dance collective appropriate women's folk practices and Hindu goddess figures make rhetorical claims about hate crimes against South Asian Americans after 9/11. In Yoni ki Bat (a South Asian American version of The Vagina Monologues) a progressive performer transforms aspects of the Mahabharata narrative to address issues of sexual violence, such as incest and rape. Throughout the volume, Garlough argues that these performers rely on calls for acknowledgment that intertwine calls for justice and care. That is, they embed their testimony in traditional cultural forms to invite interest, reflection, and connection.
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