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Author

Srinivasan, Priya, 1972-

Title Sweating saris [electronic resource] : Indian dance as transnational labor / Priya Srinivasan.

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Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 2012.

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Available to Pittsburg State University patrons only.

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Location	Call No.	OPAC Message	Status
Axe ProQuest E-Book	Electronic Book	---	Available

Description	xvi, 221 p. : ill.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents	Performing 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.
Reproduction	Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject	Dance -- Social aspects -- India.
	Dance -- Social aspects -- United States.
	Women dancers -- India -- Social conditions.
	Women dancers -- United States -- Social conditions.
	Bharata natyam -- Social aspects -- United States.
	Foreign workers, East Indian -- United States -- Social conditions.
	East Indians -- United States -- Ethnic identity.
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
Added Author	ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN	9781439904299 (cloth alk. paper)
	9781439904305 (pbk. alk. paper)
	9781439904312 (electronic bk.)