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Creating Masculinity in Los Angeles´s Little Manila: Working-Class Filipinos and Popular Culture, 1920s-1950s
Linda España-Maram
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Description for Creating Masculinity in Los Angeles´s Little Manila: Working-Class Filipinos and Popular Culture, 1920s-1950s
Hardback. Analyzes the experiences of Filipino men in Los Angeles's Little Manila, from the 1920s to the end of World War II. This book discusses Filipino boxers' challenge to white America's assumptions about race; the meanings behind zoot suit fashions; and taxi dance halls, where Filipino men crossed racial boundaries by dancing with Anglo women. Series: Popular Cultures, Everyday Lives. Num Pages: 280 pages, 7 b& w halftones, 9 color halftones, 6 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; 3JJG; HBTB; JFSJ; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 590.
In this new work, Linda Espana-Maram analyzes the politics of popular culture in the lives of Filipino laborers in Los Angeles's Little Manila, from the 1920s to the 1940s. The Filipinos' participation in leisure activities, including the thrills of Chinatown's gambling dens, boxing matches, and the sensual pleasures of dancing with white women in taxi dance halls sent legislators, reformers, and police forces scurrying to contain public displays of Filipino virility. But as Espana-Maram argues, Filipino workers, by flaunting "improper" behavior, established niches of autonomy where they could defy racist attitudes and shape an immigrant identity based on youth, ethnicity, ... Read more
In this new work, Linda Espana-Maram analyzes the politics of popular culture in the lives of Filipino laborers in Los Angeles's Little Manila, from the 1920s to the 1940s. The Filipinos' participation in leisure activities, including the thrills of Chinatown's gambling dens, boxing matches, and the sensual pleasures of dancing with white women in taxi dance halls sent legislators, reformers, and police forces scurrying to contain public displays of Filipino virility. But as Espana-Maram argues, Filipino workers, by flaunting "improper" behavior, established niches of autonomy where they could defy racist attitudes and shape an immigrant identity based on youth, ethnicity, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
Series
Popular Cultures, Everyday Lives
Number of Pages
280
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780231115926
SKU
V9780231115926
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About Linda España-Maram
Linda Espana-Maram is associate professor of Asian American Studies at California State University, Long Beach.
Reviews for Creating Masculinity in Los Angeles´s Little Manila: Working-Class Filipinos and Popular Culture, 1920s-1950s
Espana-Maram's volume effectively conveys the multidimensional quality of these men's lives.
Barbara M. Posadas Journal of American History [A] groundbreaking work.
Philip Samponaro Journal of Popular Culture This book gives us a look into the lost world of Filipino American urban cultural creativity... an absorbing and exciting book.
Dawn B. Mabalon H-Net [An] impressive, rewarding book.
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Barbara M. Posadas Journal of American History [A] groundbreaking work.
Philip Samponaro Journal of Popular Culture This book gives us a look into the lost world of Filipino American urban cultural creativity... an absorbing and exciting book.
Dawn B. Mabalon H-Net [An] impressive, rewarding book.
... Read more