A feeling of belonging : Asian American women's public culture, 1930-1960

A feeling of belonging Asian American women's public culture, 1930-1960

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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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Lim, Shirley Jennifer, 1968- (-)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : New York University Press c2005.
New York, NY : [2005]
Edición:1st ed
Colección:American history and culture.
Materias:
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.
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