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Filipino and Puerto Rican artists have challenged promises of benevolent assimilation and portray U

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Desi Divas Brent S. Steel Filipino and Puerto Rican artistsDesi Divas: Political Activism in South Asian American Cultural Performances is the product of five years of field research with progressive activists associated with the School for Indian Languages and Cultures (SILC), South Asian Americans Leading Together (SAALT), the feminist dance collective Post Natyam, and the grassroots feminist political organization South Asian Sisters. Christine L. Garlough explores how traditional cultural forms may be