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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Valerie J. Matsumoto (Professor of History, Professor of History, University of California, Los Angeles)Publisher: Oxford University Press Inc Imprint: Oxford University Press Inc Dimensions: Width: 23.40cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 15.70cm Weight: 0.454kg ISBN: 9780190655204ISBN 10: 0190655208 Pages: 312 Publication Date: 13 April 2017 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order  Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction 1. The Social World of the Urban Nisei 2. Shaping Japanese American Culture 3. Sounding the Dawn Bell: Developing Nisei Voices 4. Nisei Women's Roles in Family and Community during World War II 5. Reweaving the Web of Community in Postwar Southern California, 1945-1950 Epilogue Notes Bibliography IndexReviews"""City Girls raises a number of important questions about community mobilization and empowerment that resonate with current affairs and concerns...Matsumoto's newest book provides a solid foundation for future scholars to build upon as we continue to examine the far-reaching implications of sisterhood.""--The Journal of the History of Childhood and Youth ""City girls indeed! A determined, spunky, hard-working, fun-loving group of women who endure hardship but also just wanted to have fun. Valerie Matsumoto brings their lively world to life through vivid and sympathetic prose. The Nisei women were simultaneously so American and so non-American, familiar and surprising. A wonderful recovery of history!""--Gordon H. Chang, Stanford University ""City Girls provides a vibrant, complex, and insider's view of Nisei women's social world before and after wartime incarceration and resettlement. It is a stellar tribute to the Nisei women who were adept at building ethnocultural networks while, at the same time, pushed against racial, ethnic, and gender boundaries in their pursuit of modern femininity and American status. It is historical scholarship and feminist writing at its best.""--Judy Yung, author of Unbound Feet: A Social History of Chinese Women in San Francisco" City girls indeed! A determined, spunky, hard-working, fun-loving group of women who endure hardship but also just wanted to have fun. Valerie Matsumoto brings their lively world to life through vivid and sympathetic prose. The Nisei women were simultaneously so American and so non-American, familiar and surprising. A wonderful recovery of history! Gordon H. Chang, Stanford University City Girls provides a vibrant, complex, and insider's view of Nisei women's social world before and after wartime incarceration and resettlement. It is a stellar tribute to the Nisei women who were adept at building ethnocultural networks while, at the same time, pushed against racial, ethnic, and gender boundaries in their pursuit of modern femininity and American status. It is historical scholarship and feminist writing at its best. Judy Yung, author of Unbound Feet: A Social History of Chinese Women in San Francisco Author InformationValerie J. Matsumoto is Professor of History and Asian American Studies at the University of California, Los Angeles. She is the author of Farming the Home Place: A Japanese American Community in California, 1919-1982 and a co-editor of Over the Edge: Remapping the American West. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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