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  Hmong Bollywood

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  Jigna Desai University of Minnesota

  April 18, 2008

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  Hmong Bollywood diaspora South Asian Bollywood Hmong immigration adaptation dubbing ... transnationalism Curator's Note Is it possible to be a diaspora without a “homeland” cinema or media? What ... burdens,” and like other Asian Americans as “perpetually foreign.” As Louisa Schein has written, far from ...
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  Show me the Money: Desi TV in the US Marketplace

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  Madhavi Mallapragada University of Texas at Austin

  April 14, 2008

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  Show me the Money: Desi TV in the US Marketplace globalization diaspora South Asian ... transnationalism Asian-American cable original programming India distribution Simply Desi ImaginAsian TV ... Note The featured video clip is from 2007 when Simply Desi, a 3 and ½ hour block of South Asian ...
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  Kumaari

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  Arvind Rajagopal New York University

  February 08, 2007

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  Kumaari South Asian Bollywood transnationalism Tamil Curator's Note A Dutch tulip field is ...
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  Holding Out For A Hiro

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  Henry Jenkins Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism, University of Southern California

  October 24, 2006

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  Holding Out For A Hiro transnationalism superheroes NBC comic books Heroes X-men Japan Curator's Note Hiro Nakamura, salary man, otaku, "superhiro," superfan, has emerged as the most popular character on NBC's new Heroes. Here are a fe ...
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  Latino Hip Hop: The Complexity of Challenging the Status Quo

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  Mari Castaneda University of Massachusetts at Amherst

  November 12, 2007

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  Latino Hip Hop: The Complexity of Challenging the Status Quo transnationalism sexism race patriarchy music video Latinos Kinto Sol immigration hip hop demographics consumer citizenship Curator's Note Latina/o media and popular culture is in a moment ...