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Lim, Shirley Jennifer, 1968-

A feeling of belonging : Asian American women's public culture, 1930-1960 / Shirley Jennifer Lim. - ix, 241 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. - American history and culture .



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".

ISBN: 9780814751930 (cloth : alk. paper) 0814751938 (cloth : alk. paper) 9780814751947 (pbk. : alk. paper) 0814751946 (pbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN: 2005020727

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Asian Americans--Cultural assimilation--History--20th century
Single women--Social life and customs--United States--20th century
Young women--Social life and customs--United States--20th century
Asian American women--Social life and customs--20th century
Popular culture--History--United States--20th century
Leisure--History--United States--20th century

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
United States--Social life and customs--1945-1970
United States--Social life and customs--1918-1945

LC Class. No.: E184.A75 / L56 2005