Bhangra and Asian Underground: South Asian Music and the Politics of Belonging in Britain
- Author: Bakrania, Falu
Bhangra and Asian Underground gives readers a window into the South Asian diaspora in London, as well as an opportunity to discover some terrific music. . . . [It] will appeal to a wide academic... — More…
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Contents
- Preface ix
- Acknowledgments xiii
- Introduction 1
- Part I. The Politics of Production
- 1. Mainstreaming Masculinity: Bhangra Boyz and Belonging in Britain 33
- 2. From the Margins to the Mainstream: Asian Underground Artists and the Politics of Not Being Political 70
- Part II. The Club Cultures in Consumption
- 3. The Troubling Subjects of Wayward Asian Girls: Working-Class Women and Bhangra Club Going 117
- 4. Roomful of Asha: Middle-Class Women and Asian Underground Club Going 160
- Conclusion. Bhangra and Asian Underground in the 2000s 187
- Notes 203
- Bibliography 227
- Index 237