LEADER 03229nam 2200733 a 450 001 9910457452603321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-283-33386-4 010 $a9786613333865 010 $a1-4399-0431-6 035 $a(CKB)2550000000063820 035 $a(EBL)798021 035 $a(OCoLC)768110986 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000564752 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11361518 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000564752 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10527931 035 $a(PQKB)10937995 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC798021 035 $a(OCoLC)762101893 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse15292 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL798021 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10513567 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL333386 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000063820 100 $a20110414d2012 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|||||||nn|n 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aSweating saris$b[electronic resource] $eIndian dance as transnational labor /$fPriya Srinivasan 210 $aPhiladelphia $cTemple University Press$d2012 215 $a1 online resource (239 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-4399-0429-4 311 $a1-4399-0430-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aPerforming ethnographic failure -- Transnational hauntings of the oriental dancing girl -- St. Denis and the Nachwalis -- Entering the archive -- Between 1924 and 1965 Immigration Acts -- Negotiating cultural nationalism and minority citizenship -- Manufacturing of the Indian dancer through off-shore labor. 330 $aA groundbreaking book that seeks to understand dance as labor, Sweating Saris examines dancers not just as aesthetic bodies but as transnational migrant workers and wage earners who negotiate citizenship and gender issues. Srinivasan merges ethnography, history, critical race theory, performance and post-colonial studies among other disciplines to investigate the embodied experience of Indian dance. The dancers' sweat stained and soaked saris, the aching limbs are emblematic of global circulations of labor, bodies, capital, and industrial goods. 606 $aDance$xSocial aspects$zIndia 606 $aDance$xSocial aspects$zUnited States 606 $aWomen dancers$zIndia$xSocial conditions 606 $aWomen dancers$zUnited States$xSocial conditions 606 $aBharata natyam$xSocial aspects$zUnited States 606 $aForeign workers, East Indian$zUnited States$xSocial conditions 606 $aEast Indians$zUnited States$xEthnic identity 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aDance$xSocial aspects 615 0$aDance$xSocial aspects 615 0$aWomen dancers$xSocial conditions. 615 0$aWomen dancers$xSocial conditions. 615 0$aBharata natyam$xSocial aspects 615 0$aForeign workers, East Indian$xSocial conditions. 615 0$aEast Indians$xEthnic identity. 676 $a793.3/1934 700 $aSrinivasan$b Priya$f1972-$0862312 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910457452603321 996 $aSweating saris$91924871 997 $aUNINA