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227 Index Page numbers in italics refer to illustrations. Abedin, Huma, 202n40 Abrahams, Roger, 189; Everyday Life: A Poetics of Vernacular Practice, 192; “Introductory Remarks to a Rhetorical Theory of Folklore,” 186–87 acknowledgment, 19–22, 20, 97, 141, 144; elements of, 23; limitations of, 37; passionate, 173–75; recognition and, 21, 23; rhetorical orientation towards, 21; South Asian Americans and, 23–24, 187 Adamic, Louis, 101 adar-Di-unj, 59 Adhikaar, 153 Alcoff, Linda Martin, 169–70, 171 Alien Land Law, 61 Aman International Music and Dance ensemble, 110 American Bus Association, 102 American Folklife Center, 77 Americanization movement, 99 Anant, Birjinder, 166 Ananya Dance Theater, 71 Antigone, 12 Appadurai, Arjun, 22 Arendt, Hannah, 17, 174 Aristotle, 17, 21, 172, 187 Asian Exclusion Acts, 33 Asian Pacific Americans for Progress, 203n44 Asiatic Exclusion League, 6, 53–54, 60 AWAZ, 120 Bachman, Michele, 202n40 Baghdgian, Bagdasar, 63 Bakhtin, Mikhail, 187 Bauman, Richard, 13 Bhabha, Homi, 22 Bhagavad Gita, 49, 168 Bharat School, 88 Bhutto, Benazir, 202n40 Bindra, Jeet, 68 Bingham, Charles, 97 Blank, Trevor J., 117 Blodgett, Roxie (Mrs. S. K.), 50–51 Bordenaue, P., 197n2 Bose, Sudhindra, 62–63, 62; The Awakened Orient, 64; calls for recognition by, 208n2; on the Chautauqua circuit, 33; Fifteen Years in America, 63; “Ghandi’s India,” 64; Mother America: Realities of American Life as Seen by an Indian, 64–65; Musings on Race Prejudice, 63; Plea for a Broader Outlook, 63; Some Aspects of British Rule in India, 63 brain drain, 33, 44, 66, 69, 78, 203n42 Braziel, J., 197n4 Brigham Young Folk Ensemble, 110–11 Buck, Pearl S., 66 Burke, Kenneth, 187–89 Burnett Immigration Bill, 60 Bush, George W., 69, 124 call and response, 171–72, 173 Case, Sue-Ellen, 13 Chatterjea, Ananya, 71, 205n1 Chatterjee, Sandra, 106, 110, 116, 117 Chautauqua circuit, 63–64, 64 Cheng, Meiling, 155–56 Chicago Coalition Against War and Racism, 104 Chicago Columbian Expo, 49 Coalition for an Egalitarian and Pluralistic India, 203n44 communication theory, 7–8 Conquergood, Dwight, 96–97 conversation as performance, 95–98 Cooper, Christine M., 155 Coorlawala, Uttar Asha, 139–40 Corn, David, 202n40 Crenshaw, Kimberle, 130 228 Index critical play, 40–41, 190–95, 199n7 Csikszentmihalyi, Mihaly, 192 cultural politics, 5 Daas, Mauli, 150 Dall, Caroline, The Life of Dr. Anandabai Joshee: A Kinswoman of Pundita Ramabai, 48 Das, Nirmal Andra, “Why Hindu Philosophy is so Inspiring,” 63 Das, Taraknath, 58, 60 Das, Veena, 175, 200n18 Dasgupta, Shamita, 7 Dayal, Har, 58, 59, 200n21 Decision of Declaration of War, 58 Del Negro, Giovanna P., 13 Derrida, J., 143–44, 173 Desis Rising Up and Moving, 153 Desist, 153 Dewey, John, 80 Diamond, Elin, 13 diaspora, 16, 58, 66, 176. See also South Asian Americans: in diaspora of Discover America, 102 Divakaruni, Chitra, 126 Dolen, Jill, 11, 13, 38, 143, 149, 172, 180; Presence and Desire: Essays on Gender, Sexuality, and Performance, 153 dot busting, 7, 33, 66 Du Bois, W. E. B., 57 East India Marine Society, 45 eclecticism, 133, 134–35, 207n15 Einstein, Albert, 66 Eller, Cynthia, 136 Emon, Ayeshah, 156, 178–80 Engster, D., 198n6 Ensler, Eve, 148, 154, 155. See also Vagina Monologues ethic of care, 17–19, 197n5; acknowledgment and, 19–20, 23, 74; components of, 184– 86; Minnesota Festival of Nations and, 76, 101; performance and, 8, 94, 97, 141, 184; Rise and, 38, 107, 132; South Asian Americans and, 184 ethic of justice, 18, 23, 132, 141 ethnic schools, 77 Farrell, Thomas, 97, 172 Felman, S., 170 feminist theory, 7–8 Fessenden, Tracy, 50 Field, Sara Bard, 57 Fishman, Joshua A., 77 folk festivals, 34 folk songs, 32, 58–59 folklore, 9, 13, 17, 24, 27, 31, 32, 117–18; rhetoric and, 188, 189; SILC and, 77, 84, 85; Vivekananda and, 51; women and, 35, 39 Fonda, Jane, 155 Foucault, Michel, 17; Fearless Speech, 12 Friends of Freedom for India, 56–57 Friere, Paolo, 80, 97–98 Gada, Neena, 76, 83 Gadamer, Hans Georg, 22, 102, 194; Truth and Method, 192–93 Gadar movement, 33, 58–60, 200n19, 200n20, 200n22, 208n2 Garlough, Christine L., 79; background of, 28–32; Desi Divas, 5–6, 17; methodology of, 24–28; wedding of, 28 Garlough-Shah, Gabriel, 80, 81 Garlough-Shah family, 29, 30 Geertz, Clifford, 17 Gooneratne, Chandra Dharma Sena, 63 Gopinath, Gayatri, 123 Goshal, Kumar, 65 grassroots advocacy, 182, 183 Gray-Rosendale, Laura A., 169–70, 171 Gross, Elizabeth, 136 Gujarat riots, 37, 106–7, 112, 123 Gupta, C., 149 Gupta, Monisha, 153...

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