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Book SynopsisSeeing Indian dancers as gendered labour highlights the politics of Asian American racialization, migration, and citizenship
Trade Review"Sweating Saris takes us through the fascinating interconnections of labor, dance, and immigration. Beautifully researched and written, this book makes us think deeply about what dancing bodies mean and how they achieve their seeming perfection. Srinivasan's blending of archival research, ethnography, and first-person narration is a tour de force." -Josephine Lee, author of Performing Asian America and The Japan of Pure Invention
Table of ContentsAcknowledgements Introduction 1. Performing Ethnographic Failure 2. Transnational Hauntings of the Oriental Dancing Girl 3. St. Denis and the Nachwalis 4. Entering the Archive 5. Between 1924 and 1965 Immigration Acts 6. Negotiating Cultural Nationalism and Minority Citizenship 7. Manufacturing of the Indian Dancer through Off-Shore Labor Epilogue Glossary Works Cited Endnotes
