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category: Social Science
published: Oct 2010
ISBN:9780774817981
publisher: UBC Press

Dreaming in Canadian

South Asian Youth, Bollywood, and Belonging

by Faiza Hirji

tagged: emigration & immigration, minority studies, media studies, popular culture
Description

As various nations wrestle with issues of immigration, integration, and pluralism, second-generation immigrants are exploring new ways to make sense of who they are and where they belong in the face of competing cultural demands. Dreaming in Canadian turns the spotlight on the role of Bollywood cinema in the production of cultural, religious, and national identities among South Asian youth in Toronto, Vancouver, and Ottawa. By documenting the voices of these young adults and how they draw on media in the formation of uniquely hybrid identities, this book interrogates the realities that underpin media portrayals of diaspora, nationalism, and multiculturalism.

About the Author

Faiza Hirji

Contributor Notes

Faiza Hirji is an assistant professor in the Department of Communication Studies and Multimedia at McMaster University.

Editorial Review

In the post-9/11 era, in which Muslims are repeatedly represented as Other to the supposedly civilized Western world, Hirji’s contribution to scholarship is genuinely important and she has produced a book that is highly worth reading.

— TOPIA
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