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".
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
United States--Social life and customs--1945-1970 United States--Social life and customs--1918-1945