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A feeling of belonging : Asian American women's public culture, 1930-1960
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- Creator
- Shirley Jennifer Lim
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- New York : New York University Press, [2006]
- ©2006
- Physical Details
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- ix, 241 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- ISBNs
- 1429414316, 0814752942, 9781429414319, 9780814751947, 9780814752944, 9780814751930, 0814751938, 0814751946
- OCLC
- ocm85841620, ocm61204311, ocm68906889
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-230) and index.
- "A feeling of belonging" : Chi Alpha Delta, 1928-1941 -- "I protest" : Anna May Wong and the performance of modernity -- Shortcut to glamour : popular culture in a consumer society -- Contested beauty : Asian American beauty culture during the Cold War -- Riding the crest of an Oriental wave : foreign-born Asian "beauty"
Subjects
- Asian American women -- Social life and customs -- 20th century.
- Asian Americans -- Cultural assimilation -- History -- 20th century.
- Young women -- United States -- Social life and customs -- 20th century.
- Single women -- United States -- Social life and customs -- 20th century.
- Leisure -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
- Popular culture -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
- United States -- Social life and customs -- 1918-1945.
- United States -- Social life and customs -- 1945-1970.