{"product_id":"sweating-saris-9781439904299","title":"Sweating Saris","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSeeing Indian dancers as gendered labour highlights the politics of Asian American racialization, migration, and citizenship\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgements  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","brand":"Temple University Press,U.S.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51039837815127,"sku":"9781439904299","price":59.85,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781439904299.jpg?v=1750945004","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/sweating-saris-9781439904299","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}