Making Diaspora in a Global City

South Asian Youth Cultures in London
1. Auflage 2016
ISBN: 978-0-415-79304-9
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 148 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 228 g

Reihe: Routledge Research in Race and Ethnicity

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 "super-diverse" London. It provides a fresh perspective on the creativity of British South Asian youth culture, and makes a significant sociological intervention into this area by bringing the focus back onto urgent issues of "race" ethnicity alongside class and gender within youth cultural studies.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Kim, Helen

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Soziologie von Migranten und Minderheiten
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Stadt- und Regionalsoziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde Minderheiten, Interkulturelle & Multikulturelle Fragen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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."

Über Autor(innen)

Helen Kim is an LSE Fellow in Sociology at the London School of Economics and Political Science.