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Author Thakore, Bhoomi K., 1982- author.

Title South Asians on the U.S. screen : just like everyone else? / Bhoomi K. Thakore.

Publication Info. Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, [2016]
2016

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Description 1 online resource (181 pages) : illustrations (some color)
text rdacontent
computer rdamedia
online resource rdacarrier
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Foreword: the browning of American media and the whitewashing of inequality / Matthew W. Hughey -- Preface: just like no one else -- Introduction: South Asians in 21st century U.S. television and film -- Seeing is believing: a brief history of non-whites representation in U.S. television and film -- A snapshot of South Asian characters in U.S. media (2010) -- Three degrees of ethnicity: racialized representations of South Asians -- The more things change, the more they stay the same: representations of gender, ethnicity, and nationality -- What's the matter with Outsourced? -- Conclusion: the future of South Asians on the U.S. screen -- Appendix A: research methods and data -- Appendix B: survey questions -- Appendix C: interview questions.
Note Description based on print version record.
Subject South Asians in motion pictures.
South Asians on television.
Stereotypes (Social psychology) in motion pictures.
Stereotypes (Social psychology) on television.
Motion pictures -- Social aspects -- United States.
Motion pictures -- United States -- History -- 21st century.
Television broadcasting -- Social aspects -- United States.
Television broadcasting -- United States -- History -- 21st century.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Title South Asians on the United States screen
Other Form: Print version: Thakore, Bhoomi K. South Asians on the U.S. screen : just like everyone else?. Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, [2016] 9781498506564 (DLC)2016012779 (DLC)19099818
ISBN 9781498506564 (cloth : alk. paper)
9781498506571 (e-book)

 
    
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