East Main Street
Subtitle: Asian American Popular Culture
Contributors: LeiLani Nishime (Editor); Robert G. Lee (Editor)
Publisher: New York University Press
Published: May 1, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 358
ISBN-13: 9780814719626
Subjects: Ethnic studies; Popular culture; Sociology; Ethnic Issues; Art; USA; Ethnic Studies - Asian American Studies; Popular Culture - General; ASIAN AMERICAN ART; POPULAR CULTURE_UNITED STATES; Social Science / Popular Culture; UNITED STATES_RACE RELATIONS; American - Asian-American; United States; Asian American arts; Asian Americans; Intellectual life
First sentence: From henna tattoo kits available at your local mall to "faux Asian" fashions, house wares, and fusion cuisine; from the new visibility of Asian film, music, video games, and anime to current stylistic blending of hip hop, martial arts motifs, and "Japanese kitsch style," Asian influences have thoroughly saturated the U.S. cultural landscape to become part of the vernacular of popular culture.