2009, ISBN: 9780739138540

Gebunden, 136 Seiten, 240mm x 161mm x 12mm, Sprache(n): eng Bollywood Weddings examines how middle to upper class second-generation Indian-American Hindus negotiate wedding rituals, inclu… More...

Gebunden, 136 Seiten, 240mm x 161mm x 12mm, Sprache(n): eng Bollywood Weddings examines how middle to upper class second-generation Indian-American Hindus negotiate wedding rituals, including the dating and engagement processes. Many of these couples are (in Ramdya's neologism) "occasional Hindus" who display their Hindu religious background only on important occasions such as the rite of passage that is marriage. These couples (and their extended families) negotiate two vastly different cultures and sets of values inside a community that has itself largely pre-determined how to mix American and Indian/Hindu elements into this ritual. As a rule, the first generation organizes the wedding, which is largely Hindu, and their children coordinate the American-style reception. Instead of choosing either India or America, or arriving at a compromise in between the two, this community takes a "both/and" approach, embracing both cultures simultaneously. Ramdya's ethnographic fieldwork includes in-depth interviews of engaged couples, observation at their wedding ceremonies, wedding videography and photography, and material culture such as the clothing her participants wore on their wedding day. She explores pre-wedding day topics such as America's Indian-Hindu marriage market and bridal industry, then goes on to describe pre-wedding and wedding-day customs including the engagement party, kanyadan, and baraat. Bollywood, whose Indian origins grants it authenticity from the Hindu perspective and whose emphasis on romance accommodates American values, emerges as the key mediating third culture around which the community applies the both/and model to wedding rituals. The both/and model uncovered here reinforces the community's identity as ethnic and American even as it confirms that success in America need not be bought at the expense of one's religious background and cultural heritage.By Kavita Ramdya Versandkostenfreie Lieferung Anthropology, asian american studies, asian culture, asian studies, Social and Cultural Anthropology, Social and Cultural Anthropology, Anthropology, asian american studies, Asian culture, [PU: Lexington Books]<

ISBN: 9780739138540

Bollywood Weddings examines how middle to upper class second-generation Indian-American Hindus negotiate wedding rituals, including the dating and engagement processes. Many of these coup… More...

Bollywood Weddings examines how middle to upper class second-generation Indian-American Hindus negotiate wedding rituals, including the dating and engagement processes. Many of these couples are (in Ramdya''s neologism) "occasional Hindus" who display their Hindu religious background only on important occasions such as the rite of passage that is marriage. These couples (and their extended families) negotiate two vastly different cultures and sets of values inside a community that has itself largely pre-determined how to mix American and Indian/Hindu elements into this ritual. As a rule, the first generation organizes the wedding, which is largely Hindu, and their children coordinate the American-style reception. Instead of choosing either India or America, or arriving at a compromise in between the two, this community takes a "both/and" approach, embracing both cultures simultaneously. Ramdya''s ethnographic fieldwork includes in-depth interviews of engaged couples, observation at their wedding ceremonies, wedding videography and photography, and material culture such as the clothing her participants wore on their wedding day. She explores pre-wedding day topics such as America''s Indian-Hindu marriage market and bridal industry, then goes on to describe pre-wedding and wedding-day customs including the engagement party, kanyadan, and baraat. Bollywood, whose Indian origins grants it authenticity from the Hindu perspective and whose emphasis on romance accommodates American values, emerges as the key mediating third culture around which the community applies the both/and model to wedding rituals. The both/and model uncovered here reinforces the community''s identity as ethnic and American even as it confirms that success in America need not be bought at the expense of one''s religious background and cultural heritage. Books > Social Science > Anthropology List_Books, [PU: Lexington Books]<

ISBN: 9780739138540

Bollywood Weddings explores how Indian-American Hindus negotiate two vastly different wedding cultures: those of mainstream America and of Hindu India. Based on extensive ethnographic fie… More...

Bollywood Weddings explores how Indian-American Hindus negotiate two vastly different wedding cultures: those of mainstream America and of Hindu India. Based on extensive ethnographic fieldwork and drawing on recent advances in material culture studies, Ramdya suggests that Bollywood, whose Indian origins grants it authenticity from the Hindu perspective and whose emphasis on romance accommodates American values, emerges as the key mediating third culture that allows Indian-American Hindus to reinforce their community's identity as ethnic and American even as it confirms that success in America need not be bought at the expense of one's religious background and cultural heritage.; Social Sciences, Lexington Books<

2009, ISBN: 9780739138540

Erscheinungsdatum: 01.12.2009, Medium: Buch, Einband: Gebunden, Titel: Bollywood Weddings, Titelzusatz: Dating, Engagement, and Marriage in Hindu America, Autor: Ramdya, Kavita, Verlag: L… More...

Erscheinungsdatum: 01.12.2009, Medium: Buch, Einband: Gebunden, Titel: Bollywood Weddings, Titelzusatz: Dating, Engagement, and Marriage in Hindu America, Autor: Ramdya, Kavita, Verlag: Lexington Books, Sprache: Englisch, Schlagworte: SOCIAL SCIENCE // Ethnic Studies // Asian American Studies // Bezug zu asiatischen Amerikanern // Sozial // und Kulturgeschichte, Rubrik: Volkskunde, Seiten: 136, Informationen: HC gerader Rücken kaschiert, Gewicht: 378 gr, Verkäufer: averdo Sachbücher, [PU: Lexington Books]<

2009, ISBN: 0739138545

Gebundene Ausgabe SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General, Anthropology, asian american studies, asian culture, asian studies, Social and Cultural Anthropology, mit Schutzumschlag neu, [… More...

Gebundene Ausgabe SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General, Anthropology, asian american studies, asian culture, asian studies, Social and Cultural Anthropology, mit Schutzumschlag neu, [PU:Lexington Books]<