Bhoomi K Thakore

South Asians on the U.S. Screen

Just Like Everyone Else?

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Analyzing audience perceptions of South Asian characters in U.S. television and film, Thakore argues for the importance of understanding these representations as they influence the positioning of South Asians in the twenty-first century U.S. racial hierarchy.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
• Seitenzahl: 178
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. März 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 249g
• ISBN-13: 9781498506588
• ISBN-10: 1498506585
• Artikelnr.: 51144958

Autorenporträt

Bhoomi K. Thakore is visiting assistant professor and director of the sociology program at Elmhurst College.  

Inhaltsangabe

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 Chapter 1: Seeing is
Believing: A Brief History of Non-Whites Representation in U.S. Television
and Film Chapter 2: A Snapshot of South Asian Characters in U.S. Media
(2010) Chapter 3: Three Degrees of Ethnicity: Racialized Representations of
South Asians Chapter 4: The More Things Change, the More They Stay the
Same: Representations of Gender, Ethnicity, and Nationality Chapter 5:
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