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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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 | |