04824nam 22010573u 450 991078376590332120230207223811.00-8147-6524-610.18574/nyu/9780814765241(CKB)1000000000245285(EBL)865784(OCoLC)780425926(SSID)ssj0000154011(PQKBManifestationID)11179312(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000154011(PQKBWorkID)10405922(PQKB)11652943(MiAaPQ)EBC865784(DE-B1597)548407(DE-B1597)9780814765241(EXLCZ)99100000000024528520131125d2005|||| u|| |engur|n|---|||||txtccrA Feeling of Belonging[electronic resource] Asian American Women's Public Culture, 1930-1960New York NYU Press20051 online resource (252 p.)American History and CultureDescription based upon print version of record.0-8147-5193-8 Contents; Preface; Introduction; 1. " A Feeling of Belonging"; 2. " I Protest"; 3. Shortcut to Glamour; 4. Contested Beauty; 5. Riding the Crest of an Oriental Wave; 6. Conclusion; Notes; Index; About the AuthorWhen 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, and Japanese American women engaged in during this time. In A Feeling of Belonging , Lim highlights the cultural activities of young, predominantly unmarried Asian American women from 1930 to 1960. This period marks a crucial generation-the first in which American-born Asians formed a critical massAmerican History and CultureAsian American women -- Social life and customs -- 20th centuryAsian Americans -- Cultural assimilation -- History -- 20th centuryLeisure -- United States -- History -- 20th centuryPopular culture -- United States -- History -- 20th centurySingle women -- United States -- Social life and customs -- 20th centuryUnited States -- Social life and customs -- 1918-1945United States -- Social life and customs -- 1945-1970Young women -- United States -- Social life and customs -- 20th centuryAsian American womenSocial life and customs20th centuryUnited StatesAsian AmericansCultural assimilationHistory20th centuryUnited StatesYoung womenSocial life and customs20th centuryUnited StatesSingle womenSocial life and customs20th CenturyUnited StatesLeisureHistory20th centuryPopular cultureHistory20th centuryGender & Ethnic StudiesHILCCEthnic & Race StudiesHILCCSocial SciencesHILCC1930.1960.American.Asian.activities.cultural.from.highlights.predominantly.unmarried.women.young.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.United States -- Social life and customs -- 1918-1945.United States -- Social life and customs -- 1945-1970.Young women -- United States -- Social life and customs -- 20th century.Asian American womenSocial life and customsAsian AmericansCultural assimilationHistoryYoung womenSocial life and customsSingle womenSocial life and customsLeisureHistoryPopular cultureHistoryGender & Ethnic StudiesEthnic & Race StudiesSocial Sciences305.48/895073/0904Lim Shirley Jennifer1083131AU-PeELAU-PeELAU-PeELBOOK9910783765903321A Feeling of Belonging2599075UNINA