A feeling of belonging
Subtitle: Asian American women's public culture, 1930-1960
By: Shirley Jennifer Lim.
Series: American history and culture
Publisher: New York University Press
Published: 2005
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 241
ISBN-13: 9780814751930; 9780814751947
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
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: A feeling of belonging : Chi Alpha Delta, 1928-1941; title: I protest : Anna May Wong and the performance of modernity; title: Short-cut to glamour : popular culture in a consumer society; title: Contested beauty : Asian American beauty culture during the Cold War; title: Riding the crest of an Oriental wave : foreign-born Asian "beauty".