UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS PRESS INDIAN ACCENTS 2013 RETAIL EBOOK-kE

TITLE: INDIAN ACCENTS: BROWN VOICE AND RACIAL PERFORMANCE IN
AMERICAN TELEVISION AND FILM (ASIAN AMERICAN
EXPERIENCE)
PUBLISHER: UNIVERSITY OF ILLINO LANGUAGE: ENGLISH
LINK: http://is.gd/65lN0A RELEASE TYPE: RETAIL
FORMAT: PDF RELEASE DATE: 2015.01.28
ISBN: 9780252037405 STORE DATE: 2013
SAVED.MONEY: 75 DOLLAR DISKCOUNT: 01 x 05MB
AUTHOR: SHILPA S. DAVE

BOOK

Amid immigrant narratives of assimilation, Indian Accents focuses
on the representations and stereotypes of South Asian characters
in American film and television. Exploring key examples in
popular culture ranging from Peter Sellers' portrayal of Hrundi
Bakshi in the 1968 film The Party to contemporary representations
such as Apu from The Simpsons and characters in Harold and Kumar
Go to White Castle, Shilpa S. Dave develops the ideas of
"accent," "brownface," and "brown voice" as new ways to explore
the racialization of South Asians beyond just visual appearance
Dave relates these examples to earlier scholarship on blackface
race, and performance to show how "accents" are a means of
representing racial difference, national origin, and belonging
as well as distinctions of class and privilege. While focusing on
racial impersonations in mainstream film and television, Indian
Accents also amplifies the work of South Asian American actors
who push back against brown voice performances, showing how
strategic use of accent can expand and challenge such narrow
stereotypes