LEADER 02948nam 2200649Ia 450 001 9910813811603321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-4529-4643-4 010 $a0-8166-7671-2 035 $a(CKB)2550000000039335 035 $a(EBL)718874 035 $a(OCoLC)733040287 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000520857 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11336098 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000520857 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10517248 035 $a(PQKB)10152488 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0001178169 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC718874 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse29910 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL718874 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10479182 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL525634 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000039335 100 $a20100805d2011 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe American dream in Vietnamese /$fNhi T. Lieu 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aMinneapolis $cUniversity of Minnesota Press$dc2011 215 $a1 online resource (215 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8166-6570-2 311 $a0-8166-6569-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aIntroduction : 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. 330 $aIn 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 Web 606 $aVietnamese Americans$xEthnic identity 606 $aVietnamese Americans$xCultural assimilation 606 $aPopular culture$zUnited States 606 $aPopular culture$zVietnam 615 0$aVietnamese Americans$xEthnic identity. 615 0$aVietnamese Americans$xCultural assimilation. 615 0$aPopular culture 615 0$aPopular culture 676 $a305.895922/073 700 $aLieu$b Nhi T$01670330 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910813811603321 996 $aThe American dream in Vietnamese$94032130 997 $aUNINA