Making Diaspora in a Global City: South Asian Youth Cultures in London
- Author: Kim, Helen
Making Diaspora in a Global City: South Asian Youth Cultures in London
- Author: Kim, Helen
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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 "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.
Contents
- 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."
