Indian accents : brown voice and racial performance in American television and film /
"The representation of Indian Americans as foreign terrorists and as citizens who speak with an American accent comprise a major plot point in Harold and Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay. In American media, South Asians vacillate between being cast as racially foreign while simultaneously being...
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| פורמט: | Licensed eBooks |
| שפה: | אנגלית |
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Urbana :
University of Illinois Press
[2013]
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| סדרה: | Asian American experience.
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| גישה מקוונת: | https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.5406/j.ctt2ttc7z |
| סיכום: | "The representation of Indian Americans as foreign terrorists and as citizens who speak with an American accent comprise a major plot point in Harold and Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay. In American media, South Asians vacillate between being cast as racially foreign while simultaneously being praised as a model minority because they are highly educated, speak English, and can economically succeed in America. In American cinema and television, Shilpa Davé serves how contemporary images of South Asians build upon, modify, and at times diverge from previous stereotypes of Asian Americans as immigrants and model minorities"-- |
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| תיאור פיזי: | 1 online resource. |
| ביבליוגרפיה: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780252094583 0252094581 1299243207 9781299243200 9780252037405 9780252078934 0252037405 0252078934 |