From Carleton to Amazon: a dissertation becomes a book
Faiza Hirji fulfilled all of the requirements for the doctoral degree in Journalism in 2007, after successfully defending her dissertation, Resistance is futile: Indian cinema and identity construction among young south Asian Canadians of muslim and other backgrounds.
Now, UBC Press has published her dissertation under the title, Dreaming in Canadian: South Asian Youth, Bollywood, and Belonging.
According to UBC Press, Hirji’s book offers “ a thoughtful response to mainstream media studies on diaspora, nationalism, and multiculturalism. It shows that second-generation immigrants — anchored by the belief that ethnicity and religion can be embraced freely within a pluralist environment — may use media in a variety of ways to assist in the development of their own uniquely hybrid identities.”
It’s been a good year for Hirji: the book’s publication in the Fall of 2010 coincides with her first term as assistant professor in the Department of Communications and Multimedia at McMaster University.
via From Carleton to Amazon: a dissertation becomes a book | Faculty of Public Affairs
Hirji’s book looks at Bollywood: http://www.carleton.ca/
Available here through UBC Press: http://www.ubcpress.ca/search/title_book.asp?BookID=299173153
Earlier related: Dr. Faiza Hirji joins McMaster University
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