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A Feeling of Belonging : Asian American Women's Public Culture, 1930-1960.

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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,...

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Online Access: Full Text (via ProQuest)
Main Author: Lim, Shirley Jennifer
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : NYU Press, 2005.
Series:American history and culture.
Subjects:
Popular culture > United States > History > 20th century.
Leisure > United States > History > 20th century.
Single women > United States > Social life and customs > 20th century.
Young women > United States > Social life and customs > 20th century.
Asian Americans > Cultural assimilation > History > 20th century.
Asian American women > Social life and customs > 20th century.
United States > Social life and customs > 1945-1970.
United States > Social life and customs > 1918-1945.
Table of 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.

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