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South Asians on the U. S. Screen : Just Like Everyone Else?

Thakore, Bhoomi K.

South Asians on the U. S. Screen : Just Like Everyone Else? - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (181 pages)

Intro -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Introduction -- Chapter One: Seeing is Believing -- Chapter Two: A Snapshot of South Asian Characters in U.S. Media (2010) -- Chapter Three: Three Degrees of Ethnicity -- Chapter Four: The More Things Change, the More They Stay the Same -- Chapter Five: What's the Matter with Outsourced? -- Conclusion -- Appendix A -- Appendix B -- Appendix C -- Bibliography -- Media Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author.

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.

9781498506571


Television broadcasting - United States - History - 21st century.


Electronic books.

PN1995.9.S6555 -- T48 2016eb

791.436529957

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