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A Feeling of Belonging [[electronic resource] ] : Asian American Women's Public Culture, 1930-1960



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Autore: Lim Shirley Jennifer Visualizza persona
Titolo: A Feeling of Belonging [[electronic resource] ] : Asian American Women's Public Culture, 1930-1960 Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: New York, : NYU Press, 2005
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (252 p.)
Disciplina: 305.48/895073/0904
Soggetto topico: 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 women - Social life and customs - 20th century - United States
Asian Americans - Cultural assimilation - History - 20th century - United States
Young women - Social life and customs - 20th century - United States
Single women - Social life and customs - 20th Century - United States
Leisure - History - 20th century
Popular culture - History - 20th century
Gender & Ethnic Studies
Ethnic & Race Studies
Social Sciences
Soggetto non controllato: 1930
1960
American
Asian
activities
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predominantly
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Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di contenuto: 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 Author
Sommario/riassunto: When 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 mass
Titolo autorizzato: A Feeling of Belonging  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 0-8147-6524-6
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910783765903321
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Serie: American History and Culture