Indian Accents: Brown Voice and Racial Performance in American Television and Film

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Contents List of Illustrations vii Acknowledgments ix Introduction. Rethinking Accents in America 1 1. South Asians and the Hollywood Party: Peter Sellers and Brownface Performances 19 2. Apu’s Brown Voice: The Simpsons and Indian American Accents 40 3. Animating Gandhi: Historical Figures, Asian American Masculinity, and Model-Minority Accents in Clone High 60 4. Indian Gurus in the American Marketplace: Consumer Spirituality in The Love Guru and The Guru 85 5. The (Asian) American Dream: Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle and the Pan-Ethnic Buddy Film 111 6. “Running from the Joint”: Harold and Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay and Comic Narrative after 9/11 127 Epilogue 151 Notes 159 Index 183 Dave_Indian text.indd 5 1/8/13 10:36 AM Dave_Indian text.indd 6 1/8/13 10:36 AM ...