Sunita S. Mukhi

Sunita S. Mukhi is a cultural producer, theater/performance artist, and an interdisciplinary performance scholar.

Early life

Her early education was from St. Scholastica's College, Manila, Philippines. She has a BA in Behavioral Sciences and in Literature from De La Salle University, Manila, Philippines; an M.A. degree in Interdisciplinary Studies in the Social Sciences from San Francisco State University; and a PhD in Performance Studies from New York University.

Career

Educator

Her book entitled Doing the Desi Thing: Performing Indianness in New York City was published in year 2000 by Taylor and Francis.[1] Her work appears in the anthologies Contours of the Heart, A Patchwork Shawl and in the Little India magazine and in the anthology Desilicious: Sexy, Subversive, South Asian. In September 2011, she participated in a forum discussion published by The Asian American Literary Review in response to the question "What did September 11th do to the concept of 'Asian America'?"[2]

She has developed courses on Indian Cinema(s)and Indian Culture, Contemporary Performance and Film in the South Asian American Communities, Cultures of the South Asian Diaspora, Asian American Contemporary Performance, and Asian American Film and Society. For the study abroad program in Bangalore (2006 to 2008), she acted as assistant director and designed and taught two courses: Experiencing Contemporary India and Contemporary Performance in India.

She is currently a board member of the South Asian Women's Creative Collective.[3]

References
  1. "Doing the Desi Thing with Sunita S. Mukhi | Asia Society". asiasociety.org. Retrieved 2014-01-31.
  2. "Forum: What did September 11th do to the concept of "Asian America"? | The Asian American Literary Review". The Asian American Literary Review. 2011-09-11. Retrieved 2020-05-26.
  3. "Stony Brook University Sunita Mukhi". stonybrook.edu. Archived from the original on 2014-01-27. Retrieved 2014-01-31.
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