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DESCRIPTION:South Asia Center and Asian/Asian American Studies Program Pres
 ent: Korla Pandit Plays America: Racial Performance\, Exotica\, and the Id
 ea of India by Manan DesaiBeginning in 1949\, the musician KorlaPanditcrea
 ted nearly a thousand episodes of KTLA’s Adventures in Music\, making him 
 one of American television’s earliest music stars. In 1998\, it was reveal
 ed that Panditwas not Indian but African American. In this presentation\, 
 Desai explores Pandit’sobject of impersonation –“the Hindu”–and the ways i
 n which similar racializedrepresentations were constructed in mid-century 
 American popular culture.Manan DesaiAssistant Professor\, Department of En
 glish\, Syracuse UniversityTuesday\, November 122:00PM341 Eggers
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SUMMARY:South Asia Center presents: Korla Pandit Plays America: Racial Perf
 ormance\, Exotica\, and the Idea of India 
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X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:South Asia Center and Asian/Asian American Stu
 dies Program Present: Korla Pandit Plays America: Racial Performance\, Exo
 tica\, and the Idea of India by Manan Desai<br><br>Beginning in 1949\, the
  musician KorlaPanditcreated nearly a thousand episodes of KTLA’s Adventur
 es in Music\, making him one of American television’s earliest music stars
 . In 1998\, it was revealed that Panditwas not Indian but African American
 . In this presentation\, Desai explores Pandit’sobject of impersonation –“
 the Hindu”–and the ways in which similar racializedrepresentations were co
 nstructed in mid-century American popular culture.<br><br>Manan Desai<br>A
 ssistant Professor\, Department of English\, Syracuse University<br><br>Tu
 esday\, November 12<br>2:00PM<br>341 Eggers<br><br>
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