{"product_id":"indian-accents-brown-voice-and-racial-performance-in-american-television-and-film-hardback-9780252037405","title":"Indian Accents; Brown Voice and Racial Performance in American Television and Film (Hardback) 9780252037405","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eIndian Accents\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eBrown Voice and Racial Performance in American Television and Film\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eShilpa S. Dave (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780252037405\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 15 March 2013\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e208 pages, 17 black and white photographs\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2.3 cm, 0.426 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\"A truly innovative use of 'accents' as a methodological entry into understanding where South Asians are positioned within America and American popular culture. Persuasively argued and full of many sharp insightful moments, \u003ci\u003eIndian Accents\u003c\/i\u003e will be invaluable to scholars of American studies, Asian American studies, ethnic studies, and media studies.\" --Gita Rajan, coeditor of \u003ci\u003eNew Cosmopolitanisms: South Asians in the U.S\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"DavÉ brilliantly studies the racialized, classed, and nationalistic codes of Orientalist and model minority representations with an underwriting analysis of heteronormative masculinity… DavÉ does crucial critical work in diasporic visual culture.\"--\u003ci\u003eAsian Diasporic Visual Cultures and the Americas\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \"This book offers a much needed corrective to the portrayal of South Asian masculinity in American popular culture and is, therefore, a valuable addition to the field.\"--\u003ci\u003eAmerican Studies\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e\"Shilpa DavÉ was able to capture the multidimensional elements of representations of people of color that go beyond visual markers of identification but also include sonic components to ethnic characters in media. Her innovative application of the double meaning of the word 'accent' opens a new level of analysis of ethnic representation in film and media studies and ethnic studies.\" --\u003ci\u003eJournal of Asian American Studies\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eAmid immigrant narratives of assimilation, \u003ci\u003eIndian Accents\u003c\/i\u003e 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 \u003ci\u003eThe Party\u003c\/i\u003e to contemporary representations such as Apu from \u003ci\u003eThe Simpsons\u003c\/i\u003e and characters in \u003ci\u003eHarold and Kumar Go to White Castle\u003c\/i\u003e, 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, \u003ci\u003eIndian Accents\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University of Illinois Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52520661254424,"sku":"9780252037405","price":66.29,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/indian-accents-brown-voice-and-racial-performance-in-american-television-and-film-hardback-9780252037405","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}