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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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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Lieu, Nhi T.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, ©2011.
Subjects:
Vietnamese Americans > Ethnic identity.
Vietnamese Americans > Cultural assimilation.
Popular culture > United States.
Popular culture > Vietnam.
Américains d'origine vietnamienne > Identité ethnique.
Américains d'origine vietnamienne > Acculturation.
Culture populaire > États-Unis.
Culture populaire > Viêt-nam.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Minority Studies.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Ethnic Studies > Asian American Studies.
Popular culture.
United States.
Vietnam.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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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