Curry Tales

The production of ‘race’ and ethnicity in the cultural industries

Bibliographic Data

ID6256331
AuthorsA Saha (0000-0001-7704-2493, University of Leeds, corresponding author)
Year2013
Volume13
Issue6
Pages818-837
Publication date2013-12-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueEthnicities (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1468-7968 • E-ISSN: 1741-2706
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/1468796813487829
OpenAlexW2128421274
LanguageEN
Citations received16
References cited30

Within popular culture in the West, stereotypical representations of ‘race’ still persist. This is particularly troubling when we find that it is racialized minorities themselves behind such representations. The aim of this article is to explore how the conditions of the cultural industries steer the work of minority cultural producers in directions that can undermine the radical potential of the counter-narratives of difference. The article begins with a discussion on the politics of representation where I argue for integrating a sociological approach into cultural studies of diasporic popular culture that pays closer attention to the process of symbol creation. The remainder of the article uses a study of a British South Asian theatre company to show how the increasingly commercialized cultures of production that characterize the sector had a troubling impact on the way a play exploring postcolonial feminisms was marketed and presented to the public

Aesthetics · Economics · Ethnic group · Media studies · Narrative · Political science · Politics · Production (economics · Race (biology · Representation (politics · Sociology · Symbol (formal · Anthropology · Cultural Studies · Diaspora, migration, transnational identity · Gender Studies · Law · Social and Cultural Dynamics · Theatre and Performance Studies

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