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| Publiser | : NYU Press |
| Category | : History |
| Published | : 2006 |
| Pages | : 241 pages |
| Language | : en |
| ISBN-10 | : 0814751938 |
| ISBN-13 | : 9780814751930 |
| Format | : EPUB |
| Total Download | : 277 Times |
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A Feeling of Belonging - The shorter style demands that the hair be no longer than six inches at the \u003cbr\u003e\nlongest—about two and one-half inches on the average-and as short as a quarter \u003cbr\u003e\nof an inch at the neck. This \u003cb\u003eshort hair\u003c/b\u003e is tailored close to the contour of the head in\u003cbr\u003e\n ...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, and Japanese American women engaged in during this time. In A Feeling of Belonging, Lim highlights the cultural activities of young, predominantly unmarried Asian American women from 1930 to 1960. This period marks a crucial generation—the first in which American-born Asians formed a critical mass and began to make their presence felt in the United States. Though they were distinguished from previous generations by their American citizenship, it was only through these seemingly mundane “American”activities that they were able to overcome two-dimensional stereotypes of themselves as kimono-clad “Orientals.” Lim traces the diverse ways in which these young women sought claim to cultural citizenship, exploring such topics as the nation's first Asian American sorority, Chi Alpha Δ the cultural work of Chinese American actress Anna May Wong; Asian American youth culture and beauty pageants; and the achievement of fame of three foreign-born Asian women in the late 1950s. By wearing poodle skirts, going to the beach, and producing magazines, she argues, they asserted not just their American-ness, but their humanity: a feeling of belonging.
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