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A feeling of belonging [electronic resource] : Asian American women's public culture, 1930-1960 / Shirley Jennifer Lim.

By: Lim, Shirley Jennifer, 1968-.
Contributor(s): ebrary, Inc.
Series: American history and culture: Publisher: New York : New York University Press, c2005Description: ix, 241 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.Subject(s): 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 -- 1945-1970Genre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 305.48/895073/0904 Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
Contents:
A feeling of belonging : Chi Alpha Delta, 1928-1941 -- I protest : Anna May Wong and the performance of modernity -- Short-cut to glamour : popular culture in a consumer society -- Contested beauty : Asian American beauty culture during the Cold War -- Riding the crest of an Oriental wave : foreign-born Asian "beauty".
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 191-230) and index.

A feeling of belonging : Chi Alpha Delta, 1928-1941 -- I protest : Anna May Wong and the performance of modernity -- Short-cut to glamour : popular culture in a consumer society -- Contested beauty : Asian American beauty culture during the Cold War -- Riding the crest of an Oriental wave : foreign-born Asian "beauty".

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Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2009. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.