Contextualizing Art in the World of an Indian American Child

To conduct this ethnographic study, the researcher closely followed an Indian American child for a period of three years, observing and analyzing, many significant and not so significant events of his life. The child's artistic response to several such events shed considerable light on why human beings create art in the first place. Additionally, the study analyzes issues related to adequacy of school arts and multiculturalism in art education, leading to an examination of ethnic and mainstream art forms being actively patronized by the Indian American community outside the school arena.

Name thesis:degree_name

Ed.D.

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Music

Grantor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Year dc:date

2015

Author dc:creator

• Garg, Smita

Contributors dc:contributor

• Thompson, Christine

• Sociology, Ethnic and Racial Studies

Language dc:language

eng

Identifier

(MiAaPQ)AAI3223592

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/85769