Desi divas : political activism in South Asian American cultural performances / Christine L. Garlough.

9781621039242 (ebook) :

Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, [2013]

©2013

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Garlough explores how traditional cultural forms may be critically appropriated by marginalised 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, and to both deliberative discussion and deeper understanding.

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May 05, 2016

Includes bibliographical references and index.