1st Edition
Making Diaspora in a Global City South Asian Youth Cultures in London
By Helen Kim
Copyright 2015
148 Pages
2 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
160 Pages
2 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
148 Pages
2 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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The exciting diasporic sounds of the London Asian urban music scene are a cross-section of the various genres of urban music that include bhangra "remix," R&B and hip hop styles, as well as dubstep and other "urban" sample-oriented electronic music. This book brings together a unique analysis of urban underground music cultures in exploring just how members of this "scene" take up space in... Read more
1. Introduction 2. Don’t Talk, Just Dance: Fieldwork in the Club and Elsewhere 3. How "Desi" Is "Desi"?: The Making of London’s Desi Diasporic Identities 4. "Brown Boys Doing It Like This"? The Neo-Liberal Politics of the Asian Scene 5. Bombay Bronx: Space, Capital and Cultural Production and the Asian Urban Scene 6. "No Caps, No All Male Groups!": The Regulation of Asians in London Clubs. Conclusion: The Threat of the "Other."
Biography
Helen Kim is an LSE Fellow in Sociology at the London School of Economics and Political Science.
