TY - GEN T1 - Indian accents : brown voice and racial performance in American television and film T2 - Asian American experience. A1 - Davé, Shilpa LA - English PP - Urbana PB - University of Illinois Press YR - 2013 UL - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/jstor_eba_on1097148932 AB - "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"-- CN - PN1995.9.A255 SN - 9780252094583 SN - 0252094581 SN - 1299243207 SN - 9781299243200 SN - 9780252037405 SN - 9780252078934 SN - 0252037405 SN - 0252078934 KW - Accents and accentuation in motion pictures. KW - Accents and accentuation in television programs. KW - East Indians in motion pictures. KW - Motion pictures : United States. KW - Television programs : United States. KW - English language : United States : Pronunciation by foreign speakers. KW - Cinéma : États-Unis. KW - Émissions télévisées : États-Unis. KW - Anglais (Langue) : États-Unis : Prononciation par des allophones. KW - ART : Film & Video. KW - PERFORMING ARTS : Film & Video : Reference. KW - SOCIAL SCIENCE : Ethnic Studies : Asian American Studies. KW - Accents and accentuation in motion pictures KW - Accents and accentuation in television programs KW - East Indians in motion pictures KW - English language : Accents and accentuation KW - English language : Pronunciation by foreign speakers KW - Motion pictures KW - Television programs KW - United States KW - Electronic book. ER -