Saha, A orcid.org/0000-0001-7704-2493 (2013) ‘Curry Tales’: The production of ‘race’ and ethnicity in the cultural industries. Ethnicities, 13 (6). pp. 818-837. ISSN 1468-7968
Abstract
Within popular culture in the West, stereotypical representations of ‘race’ still persist. This is particularly troubling when we find that it is racialized minorities themselves behind such representations. The aim of this article is to explore how the conditions of the cultural industries steer the work of minority cultural producers in directions that can undermine the radical potential of the counter-narratives of difference. The article begins with a discussion on the politics of representation where I argue for integrating a sociological approach into cultural studies of diasporic popular culture that pays closer attention to the process of symbol creation. The remainder of the article uses a study of a British South Asian theatre company to show how the increasingly commercialized cultures of production that characterize the sector had a troubling impact on the way a play exploring postcolonial feminisms was marketed and presented to the public.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © The Author(s) 2013. This is an author produced version of an article published in Ethnicities. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
Keywords: | Politics of representation; ‘race’ and ethnicity; commodification; cultural industries; British Asian popular culture; sociology of cultural production |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Cultures (Leeds) > School of Media & Communication (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 09 Dec 2022 14:49 |
Last Modified: | 10 Dec 2022 01:36 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | SAGE Publications |
Identification Number: | 10.1177/1468796813487829 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:189152 |