Journal article
Dance on!: Inter-collegiate Indian dance competitions as a new cultural form
Cultural Dynamics, Vol.26(3), pp.277-298
11/2014
DOI: 10.1177/0921374014537913
Abstract
Inter-collegiate Indian dance competitions emerged in the late 1990s in the United States and have since become wildly popular. Why dance? Why now? We explore these questions through Nachte Raho, a competition hosted by a University of Iowa student organization. Such events allow participants to publicly embody the contradictions they experience as minoritized children of immigrants on a predominantly White campus. Thus, dance enables community building among minoritized students and has entertainment value to non-Indians. Students distinguish Nachte Raho from unruly “community functions” organized by immigrant parents and aim instead to produce a professionalized show intended primarily for peers.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Dance on!: Inter-collegiate Indian dance competitions as a new cultural form
- Creators
- Meena Khandelwal - The University of Iowa, USAChitra Akkoor - Keene State College, USA
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Cultural Dynamics, Vol.26(3), pp.277-298
- DOI
- 10.1177/0921374014537913
- ISSN
- 0921-3740
- eISSN
- 1461-7048
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications; London, England
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 11/2014
- Academic Unit
- Anthropology; International Programs; Gender, Women's and Sexuality Studies; Interdisciplinary Programs
- Record Identifier
- 9983983651802771
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