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OverviewStrong, bold, and vivacious-Japanese American young women were leaders and heroines of the Roaring Twenties. Controversial to the male immigrant elite for their rebellion against gender norms, these women made indelible changes in the community, including expanding sexual freedoms, redefining women's roles in public and private spheres, and furthering racial justice work. Young men also reconceptualized their ideas of manliness to focus on intellectualism and athleticism, as racist laws precluded many from expressing masculinity through land ownership or citizenry. New Women of Empire centers the compelling life histories of five young women and men in Los Angeles to illuminate how they negotiated overlapping imperialisms through new gender roles. With extensive youth networks and the largest Japanese population in the United States, Los Angeles was a critical site of transnational relations, and in the 1920s and '30s Japanese American youth became politicized through active participation in Christian civic organizations. By racially uplifting their peers through youth clubs, athletics, and cultural ambassadorship, these young leaders reshaped Japanese and US imperialisms and provided the groundwork for future expressions of model minority respectability and Japanese American feminisms. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Chrissy Yee LauPublisher: University of Washington Press Imprint: University of Washington Press Weight: 0.295kg ISBN: 9780295750521ISBN 10: 0295750529 Pages: 206 Publication Date: 14 June 2022 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational 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 ContentsReviews""An engaging and much-needed addition to Japanese American history."" * Nichi Bei Weekly * ""Original and insightful . . . A concise, yet significant intervention in the field of Asian American history."" * Southern California Quarterly * ""A welcome addition to the scholarship on Japanese American history, particularly in its bold approach of locating gender ideology at the nexus of Japanese and American imperialisms."" * Pacific Historical Review * """An engaging and much-needed addition to Japanese American history."" * Nichi Bei Weekly *" """An engaging and much-needed addition to Japanese American history."" -- ""Nichi Bei Weekly""" """An engaging and much-needed addition to Japanese American history."" * Nichi Bei Weekly * ""Original and insightful . . . A concise, yet significant intervention in the field of Asian American history."" * Southern California Quarterly *" Author InformationChrissy Yee Lau is assistant professor of history at California State University, Monterey Bay. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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