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In her research on popular culture of the Vietnamese diaspora, Nhi T. Lieu explores how people displaced by war reconstruct cultural identity in the aftermath of migration. Embracing American democratic ideals and consumer capitalism prior to arriving in the United States, postwar Vietnamese refugee...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Lieu, Nhi T.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, 2011.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Vietnamese Americans > Ethnic identity.
Vietnamese Americans > Cultural assimilation.
Popular culture.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Ethnic Studies > Asian American Studies.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Minority Studies.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
Culture populaire > Viêt-nam.
Culture populaire > États-Unis.
Americains d'origine vietnamienne > Acculturation.
Americains d'origine vietnamienne > Identite ethnique.
Popular culture > Vietnam.
Popular culture > United States.
Vietnam.
United States.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction : private desires on public display
  • Assimilation and ambivalence : legacies of U.S. military intervention
  • Vietnamese by other means : the overlapping diasporas of Little Saigon
  • Pageantry and nostalgia : beauty contests and the gendered homeland
  • Consuming transcendent media : videos, variety shows, and the new middle class
  • Conclusion : transnational flows between the diaspora and the homeland.

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