Journal article
Multicultural Spectacles: Producing the Indian American Woman in Indian Matchmaking
Journal of Asian American studies, Vol.29(1), pp.131-158
02/01/2026
DOI: 10.1353/jaas.2026.a991693
Abstract
Indian Matchmaking (2020–), a popular reality romance TV show, forwards the Indian American woman as an influential conduit of a marketable multiculturalism. Using contemporary arranged marriage as a framework, this article explores how racialized femininity acts as an attractive commodity spectacle. The Indian American woman is a crucible within which multiple, familiar axes of multicultural selfhood— cultural in-betweenness, gender trouble, and generational conflict—are transformed into popular entertainment. Ultimately, Indian Matchmaking shows how contemporary multiculturalism creates space for itself on the US national stage by turning potentially threatening differences into desirable commodities.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Multicultural Spectacles: Producing the Indian American Woman in Indian Matchmaking
- Creators
- Anwesha Kundu
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Journal of Asian American studies, Vol.29(1), pp.131-158
- DOI
- 10.1353/jaas.2026.a991693
- ISSN
- 1097-2129
- eISSN
- 1096-8598
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 02/01/2026
- Academic Unit
- English
- Record Identifier
- 9985224416802771
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