Maira's look into the "Indian American Youth Subculture" is no doubt an ethnographic study. She starts off with an ethnographic moment in a heavily crowded club having its Bhangra Night. Her explanation of the night seems very similar to any other night at a club playing hip-hop. Maira explains that this youth subculture, created by second generation Indians, is heavily influenced by the cultures around it and takes things from american hip-hop, techno, and reggae. Another thing that Maira points out that is very interesting is the differing of cultures from different cities in the United States. While interviewing DJ Tony from Chicago Maira finds that New York Deejays perfer rap remixes to mix with and Chicago Deejays perfer hip-hop to mix with. Throughout Maira's writing it continually seems that there is a dilemma that comes along with invloving American culture aspects into their own Indian youth subculture.
Discussion Question: Do you think that by involving American Culture aspects into their own Indian youth subculture they are disrespecting their heritage?
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