City girls : the Nisei social world in Los Angeles, 1920-1950 /

"Even before internment, Japanese largely lived in separate cultural communities from their West Coast neighbors. The first-generation American children, the Nisei, were American citizens, spoke English, and were integrated in public schools, yet were also socially isolated in many ways from th...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Matsumoto, Valerie J.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2014.
Temas:
1900-1999
Japanese American women > California > Los Angeles > History > 20th century.
Japanese Americans > California > Los Angeles > History > 20th century.
Japanese Americans > Cultural assimilation > California > Los Angeles.
Female friendship > California > Los Angeles.
Teenage girls > California > Los Angeles.
Américaines d'origine japonaise > Californie > Los Angeles > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Américains d'origine japonaise > Californie > Los Angeles > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Américains d'origine japonaise > Acculturation > Californie > Los Angeles.
Amitié féminine > Californie > Los Angeles.
Adolescentes > Californie > Los Angeles.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, UT, WY)
HISTORY > United States > 20th Century.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > General.
Female friendship.
Japanese American women.
Japanese Americans.
Japanese Americans > Cultural assimilation.
Social conditions
Teenage girls.
Los Angeles (Calif.) > Social conditions > 20th century.
California > Los Angeles.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • 1. The social world of the urban Nisei
  • 2. Shaping Japanese American culture
  • 3. Sounding the dawn bell: developing Nisei voices
  • 4. Nisei women's roles in family and community during World War II
  • 5. Reweaving the web of community in postwar Southern California, 1945-1950
  • Epilogue.

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