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A 4 page paper which summarizes and
analyzes the 2004 Newsweek article “American Masala” by Barbara Kantrowitz and Julie
Scelfo. No additional sources cited.
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4 pages (~225 words per page)
File: JR7_RAmasjul.rtf
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many of the achievements as the media normally seems to ignore them in favor of other cultures who perhaps fight for more attention than do the Asian Americans. For the
most part, the society often looks right past them for they are generally considered a quite and reclusive people. In a recent Newsweek article, from March 2004, Barbara Kantrowitz and
Julie Scelfo write about the "American Masala." The following paper summarizes and analyzes this article American Masala The authors begin with, "Theyve changed the way we eat, dress,
work and play. South Asians come here from many places, and they succeed by blending East and West" (Kantrowitz; Scelfo, 2004; 50). From this point the authors begin focusing on
different individuals, individuals who are very intriguing and perhaps very subtly influentially representative of the contributions made by Asian Americans. The first individual is Madhur Jaffrey, a woman whom the
authors use to introduce us to the world of the influence seen by Asians. She is a woman who is working on a dance production. She is apparently well know
for being an "actress and cookbook author who has made a career of introducing the tastes of her native India to the West. But this time she is serving up
an enticing mix of Indian and Western rhythms called "Bombay Dreams," a Broadway musical that Andrew Lloyd Weber and his creative team hope will hook mainstream America when the show
opens next month" (Kantrowitz; Scelfo, 2004; 50). This particular production is clearly one that symbolizes many of the struggles of the Asian Americans today. "Its an apt metaphor for
the growing visibility of a new generation of South Asians in the United States-some immigrants from India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Nepal, and others born here-who are making their
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