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Author

Lim, Shirley Jennifer, 1968-

Title A feeling of belonging [electronic resource] : Asian American women's public culture, 1930-1960 / Shirley Jennifer Lim.

Imprint

New York : New York University Press, c2005.

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Available to Pittsburg State University patrons only.

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Location	Call No.	OPAC Message	Status
Axe ProQuest E-Book	Electronic Book	---	Available

Description	ix, 241 p. : ill.
Series	American history and culture
	American history and culture.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (p. 191-230) and index.
Contents	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".
Reproduction	Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject	Asian American women -- Social life and customs -- 20th century.
	Asian Americans -- Cultural assimilation -- History -- 20th century.
	Young women -- United States -- Social life and customs -- 20th century.
	Single women -- United States -- Social life and customs -- 20th century.
	Leisure -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
	Popular culture -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
	United States -- Social life and customs -- 1918-1945.
	United States -- Social life and customs -- 1945-1970.
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
Added Author	ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN	0814751938 (cloth : alk. paper)
	0814751946 (pbk. : alk. paper)