02948nam 2200649Ia 450 991081381160332120200520144314.01-4529-4643-40-8166-7671-2(CKB)2550000000039335(EBL)718874(OCoLC)733040287(SSID)ssj0000520857(PQKBManifestationID)11336098(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000520857(PQKBWorkID)10517248(PQKB)10152488(StDuBDS)EDZ0001178169(MiAaPQ)EBC718874(MdBmJHUP)muse29910(Au-PeEL)EBL718874(CaPaEBR)ebr10479182(CaONFJC)MIL525634(EXLCZ)99255000000003933520100805d2011 ub 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe American dream in Vietnamese /Nhi T. Lieu1st ed.Minneapolis University of Minnesota Pressc20111 online resource (215 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8166-6570-2 0-8166-6569-9 Includes bibliographical references and index.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.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 refugees endeavored to assimilate and live the American Dream. In ""The American Dream in Vietnamese,"" she claims that nowhere are these fantasies played out more vividly than in the Vietnamese American entertainment industry. Lieu examines how live music variety shows and videos, beauty pageants, and WebVietnamese AmericansEthnic identityVietnamese AmericansCultural assimilationPopular cultureUnited StatesPopular cultureVietnamVietnamese AmericansEthnic identity.Vietnamese AmericansCultural assimilation.Popular culturePopular culture305.895922/073Lieu Nhi T1670330MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910813811603321The American dream in Vietnamese4032130UNINA