Sweating saris Indian dance as transnational labor - Srinivasan, Priya, 1972-; ebrary, Inc. (Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 2012)
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.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Electronic reproduction.
Keywords: 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; Electronic books