Photo-essays about Asian American women in Life magazine 1936 to 1965 : hidden narratives and breaking stereotypes / Karen L. Ching Carter.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Carter, Karen L. Ching, 1955- author.

Contributor:

ProQuest ebook central.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Asian American women--Pictorial works.

Asian American women.

Asian American women--Social conditions--20th century.

Stereotypes (Social psychology)--United States--History--20th century.

Stereotypes (Social psychology).

Asian Americans--Race identity.

Asian Americans.

Race relations.

History.

Asian American women--Social conditions.

United States--Race relations--History--20th century--Pictorial works.

United States.

Genre:

Pictorial works.

Illustrated works.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

polychrome

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, [2021]

System Details:

text file

Contents:

Cover

Half Title

Title Page

Copyright Page

Dedication

Contents

List of Figures

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Crafting a Photo-Essay

Why Asian and Pacific Islander American Women

The Life Brand

Methodology in Applying Critical Imagination, Social Circulation, and Strategic Contemplation

Four American Eras under Analysis

Part I: "Pre-War and the Great Depression, 1936-1940"

Part II: "World War II and Japanese American Internment, 1942-1944"

Part III: "In Preparation for Postwar Racial Harmony, 1945"

Part IV: "The 1960's and the Civil Rights Era, 1960-1965"

Notes

Part I: Pre-War and the Great Depression, 1936-1940

Chapter 1: A Catholic "Chinese School" in America

The First Issue: November 1936

Few Women, Even Fewer Families

Analysis

Costumes Show Middle-Class Status

Chapter 2: The Charm of Novelty When "Life Goes to the Forbidden City"

Novelty Is Newsworthy

Hidden Narratives of Middle-Class Status

Middle-Class Consumer Consumption

From the Perspective of Life Editors

Chapter 3: "The Nisei" Spy Scare

The Opening Photo

Focus on Ancient Japanese and American Traditions

A Place in the Sun

Japanese American Women Represent High-Class Society

Girls Represent New Talent and the Future

Japanese Americans Recontextualized as Middle-Class Consumers

Modern American Family Includes the Professional Woman

Letter to the Editors

Part II: World War II and Japanese American Internment, 1942-1944

Chapter 4: Making Choices: "Coast Japs Are Interned at Mountain Camp"

Evacuation and Manzanar Camp

Grandeur Scenery

Japs

Volunteers

Words Mean What They Say

Without Women: The Journey in Contrast

Middle-Class Possessions

Modern Amenities and Keeping the Reader Distant

Chapter 5: Complementary Narratives about "Tule Lake Segregation Camp"

Introducing Troublemakers

The Setting and the Background of Tule Lake Camp

Women and Family

Women Who Support Family and Education

Justice

The Women (and Men) as Prisoners

Lacking Liberty

Part III: In Preparation for Postwar Racial Harmony, 1945

Chapter 6: Stylish Western Wear in "Marine Pin-Ups and Glamour on Guam"

Anti-Miscegenation

Hidden Narratives and Imagined Expectations

The Girls on Guam

Interracial Mixing at Marine Headquarters

And Now for Morning Coffee with Guamanians

Chapter 7: Mixed-Race and Interracial Marriage "Hawaii a Melting Pot"

Mixed-Race Wahines (Women)

The Exposé

Mixed-Race Keiki (Child[ren]) and Ohana (Family)

Majority Asians despite Asian Exclusion

Letter to the Editor

Part IV: The 1960s and the Civil Rights Era, 1960-1965

Chapter 8: Changed Perceptions: "Nancy Kwan, a New Movie Star"

Changed Perceptions of Asian Women in America

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.

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Print version: Carter, Karen L. Ching, 1955- Photo-essays about Asian American women in Life magazine 1936 to 1965

ISBN:

9781793613080

1793613087

Publisher Number:

40030820564

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