The American dream in Vietnamese / Nhi T. Lieu.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lieu, Nhi T.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Vietnamese Americans--Ethnic identity.

Vietnamese Americans.

Vietnamese Americans--Cultural assimilation.

Popular culture--United States.

Popular culture.

Popular culture--Vietnam.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (215 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, c2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In her research on popular culture of the Vietnamese diaspora, Nhi T. Lieu explores how people displaced by war reconstruct cultural identity in the aftermath of migration. Embracing American democratic ideals and consumer capitalism prior to arriving in the United States, postwar Vietnamese refugees endeavored to assimilate and live the American Dream. In ""The American Dream in Vietnamese,"" she claims that nowhere are these fantasies played out more vividly than in the Vietnamese American entertainment industry. Lieu examines how live music variety shows and videos, beauty pageants, and Web

Contents:

Introduction : private desires on public display

Assimilation and ambivalence : legacies of U.S. military intervention

Vietnamese by other means : the overlapping diasporas of Little Saigon

Pageantry and nostalgia : beauty contests and the gendered homeland

Consuming transcendent media : videos, variety shows, and the new middle class

Conclusion : transnational flows between the diaspora and the homeland.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-4529-4643-4

0-8166-7671-2

OCLC:

733040287