A feeling of belonging Asian American women's public culture, 1930-1960 / [electronic resource] :
Shirley Jennifer Lim.
- New York : New York University Press, c2005.
- ix, 241 p. : ill.
- American history and culture .
- American history and culture. .
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".
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Asian American women--Social life and customs--20th century. Asian Americans--Cultural assimilation--History--20th century. Young women--Social life and customs--United States--20th century. Single women--Social life and customs--United States--20th century. Leisure--History--United States--20th century. Popular culture--History--United States--20th century.
United States--Social life and customs--1918-1945. United States--Social life and customs--1945-1970.