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The American dream in Vietnamese
Author
Title
The American dream in Vietnamese [electronic resource] / Nhi T. Lieu.
ISBN
0816676712
9780816676712
0816665699 (hc : acid-free paper)
0816665702 (pb : acid-free paper)
9780816665693 (hc : acid-free paper)
9780816665709 (pb : acid-free paper)
Published
Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, c2011. (Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2014)
Physical Description
1 online resource (xxv, 186 p. :) : ill. ;
Local Notes
Access is available to the Yale community.
Notes
Description based on print version record.
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Access restricted by licensing agreement.
Variant and related titles
UPCC book collections on Project MUSE.
Project MUSE - UPCC Archive American Studies Supplement.
Project MUSE - UPCC Archive Complete Supplement II.
Project MUSE - UPCC Archive Global Cultural Studies Supplement II.
Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
June 09, 2014
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 141-169) and index.
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.
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