The American dream in Vietnamese
By: Nhi T. Lieu
Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Minneapolis
Language: eng
Number of pages: 186
ISBN-13: 9780816665693; 9780816665709
Subjects: Vietnamese Americans; Ethnic identity; Popular culture; Cultural assimilation
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 141-169) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : private desires on public display; title: Assimilation and ambivalence : legacies of U.S. military intervention; title: Vietnamese by other means : the overlapping diasporas of Little Saigon; title: Pageantry and nostalgia : beauty contests and the gendered homeland; title: Consuming transcendent media : videos, variety shows, and the new middle class; title: Conclusion : transnational flows between the diaspora and the homeland.