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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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Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Lieu, Nhi T.
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, ©2011.
Sujets:
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.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • 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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