A Feeling of Belonging : : Asian American Women's Public Culture, 1930-1960 / / Shirley Jennifer Lim.
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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Lim, Shirley Jennifer, author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut A Feeling of Belonging : Asian American Women's Public Culture, 1930-1960 / Shirley Jennifer Lim. New York, NY : New York University Press, [2005] ©2005 1 online resource text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda American History and Culture ; 3 Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1. “A Feeling of Belonging”: Chi Alpha Delta, 1928–1941 -- 2. “I Protest”: Anna May Wong and the Performance of Modernity -- 3. Shortcut to Glamour: Popular Culture in a Consumer Society -- 4. Contested Beauty: Asian American Beauty Culture during the Cold War -- 5. Riding the Crest of an Oriental Wave: Foreign-Born Asian “Beauty” -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Index -- About the Author restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star 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 and began to make their presence felt in the United States. Though they were distinguished from previous generations by their American citizenship, it was only through these seemingly mundane “American”activities that they were able to overcome two-dimensional stereotypes of themselves as kimono-clad “Orientals.”Lim traces the diverse ways in which these young women sought claim to cultural citizenship, exploring such topics as the nation's first Asian American sorority, Chi Alpha Delta; the cultural work of Chinese American actress Anna May Wong; Asian American youth culture and beauty pageants; and the achievement of fame of three foreign-born Asian women in the late 1950s. By wearing poodle skirts, going to the beach, and producing magazines, she argues, they asserted not just their American-ness, but their humanity: a feeling of belonging. Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. In English. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 29. Jun 2022) 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. Young women United States Social life and customs 20th century. SOCIAL SCIENCE / Customs & Traditions. bisacsh 1930. 1960. American. Asian. activities. cultural. from. highlights. predominantly. unmarried. women. young. Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter New York University Press Backlist eBook-Package 2000-2013 9783110706444 print 9780814751930 https://doi.org/10.18574/nyu/9780814765241.001.0001 https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780814765241 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9780814765241/original |
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