A Feeling of Belonging [[electronic resource] ] : Asian American Women's Public Culture, 1930-1960
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| Autore: |
Lim Shirley Jennifer
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| Titolo: |
A Feeling of Belonging [[electronic resource] ] : Asian American Women's Public Culture, 1930-1960
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| 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 | |
| cultural | |
| from | |
| highlights | |
| predominantly | |
| unmarried | |
| women | |
| young | |
| 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 |
| ISBN: | 0-8147-6524-6 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910783765903321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Serie:
American History and Culture