The social hierarchy is really recreated through these very gendered practices and also through these class distinctions. People often haven’t taken seriously what happens in this dance culture, but I found that dance culture mirrors the larger society. At these dance parties, there is this double standard for women as opposed to men.
Women are expected to perform a very demure femininity, whereas men are given a great deal of freedom in terms of the kind of behavior that is acceptable for them or the kinds of style of clothing they can wear. Women had a great deal of anxiety about being seen as not Indian enough because their behavior was seen as too Americanized. I think this is true of many immigrant communities and not just of Indian Americans.
I think class distinctions were not talked about as much, but they were definitely present. They are not always so easy to tell; if you just go to a dance party you can’t always tell who is from a working class background and who is from a ... more.
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