A Feeling of Belonging: Asian American Women's Public Culture, 1930-1960When 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. |
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... Cold War Riding the Crest of an Oriental Wave: Foreign-Born Asian “Beauty” Conclusion Notes Index About the Author vii 11 2 47 3 87 4 121 5 155 189 191 231 241 v Preface To paraphrase Alice Walker citing Toni Morrison, I wished Contents.
... Cold War era. Finally, Chapter 5, “Riding the Crest of an Oriental Wave,” examines Asian American women during both the resurgence of interest in Asia and the opening up of immigration and naturalization to people of Asian descent ...
... Cold War era. Twenty years earlier, the Mei Wah (American) Girls drum corps marched in parades throughout Los Angeles, sporting permanent-waved hair and au courant lipstick shades while wearing cheongsam tops and marching-band pants ...
... Cold War era, for example, the leading Chinese American civil rights organization, the Chinese American Citizens Alliance, held a queen contest as the centerpiece of its annual meeting. Young Chinese American women were called upon to ...
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Contents
2 I Protest | |
3 Shortcut to Glamour | |
4 Contested Beauty | |
5 Riding the Crest of an Oriental Wave | |
6 Conclusion | |
Notes | |
Index | |
About the Author | |