1 East Meets West – and Everything Else: Living La Vida Loca in Bollywood

Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Note on Transliteration xi
5. Introduction: 1
6. East Meets West – and Everything Else: Living La Vida Loca in Bollywood 19
7. Theories of the Wandering Soul: Interpretations of Diaspora 33
8. Karma Chameleon: Citizenship, Identity, and the New Hybrids 47
9. But Where Are You Really From? South Asians and Muslims in Canada 58
10. Little Mosques and Bollywood Epics: Media and Identity Construction 84
11. “My Heart’s Indian for All That”: Themes of Nationalism and Migration in Bollywood 106
12. Up Close and Personal: Methodology for Obtaining Audience Opinion 130
13. “But, I dream in Canadian”: Constructing and Maintaining Plural Identities 145
14. Bollywood: Films as Meeting Ground 168
15. Beyond Futility: The Future of Young Canadians of South Asian Origin 196
16. Conclusion: 212
17. Appendix: Films Cited by Participants 219
18. References 223
19. Index 234