ISBN:
9780814765241
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource
Series Statement:
American History and Culture
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DDC:
305.48 895073 0904
Keywords:
Geschichte 1930-1960
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SOCIAL SCIENCE / Customs & Traditions
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Asian American women Social life and customs 20th century
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Asian Americans Cultural assimilation 20th century
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History
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Leisure History 20th century
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Popular culture History 20th century
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Single women Social life and customs 20th century
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Young women Social life and customs 20th century
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Politische Kultur
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Gesellschaft
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Asiatin
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USA
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USA
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Asiatin
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Politische Kultur
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Gesellschaft
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Geschichte 1930-1960
Abstract:
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
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10.18574/nyu/9780814765241.001.0001
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