A Feeling of Belonging : Asian American Women's Public Culture, 1930-1960 /

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When we imagine the activities of Asian American women in the mid-twentieth century, our first thoughts are not of skiing, beauty pageants, magazine reading, and sororities. Yet, Shirley Jennifer Lim argues, these are precisely the sorts of leisure practices many second generation Chinese, Filipina,...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Lim, Shirley Jennifer (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York, NY : New York University Press, [2005]
Colección:American History and Culture ; 3
Temas:
Asian American women > Social life and customs > 20th century.
Asian Americans > Cultural assimilation > History > 20th century.
Leisure > United States > History > 20th century.
Popular culture > United States > History > 20th century.
Single women > United States > Social life and customs > 20th century.
Young women > United States > Social life and customs > 20th century.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Customs & Traditions.
1930.
1960.
American.
Asian.
activities.
cultural.
from.
highlights.
predominantly.
unmarried.
women.
young.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Introduction
  • 1. "A Feeling of Belonging": Chi Alpha Delta, 1928-1941
  • 2. "I Protest": Anna May Wong and the Performance of Modernity
  • 3. Shortcut to Glamour: Popular Culture in a Consumer Society
  • 4. Contested Beauty: Asian American Beauty Culture during the Cold War
  • 5. Riding the Crest of an Oriental Wave: Foreign-Born Asian "Beauty"
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
  • Index
  • About the Author

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