Creating Masculinity in Los Angeles s Little Manila: Working-Class Filipinos and Popular Culture, 1920s-1950s

Creating Masculinity in Los Angeles s Little Manila: Working-Class Filipinos and Popular Culture, 1920s-1950s Espana-Maram Linda (Associate Professor California State University Long Beach) Wydawca: Columbia University Press Data wydania: 2006 ISBN: 9780231115933 Liczba stron: 280 Format: 229 x 152 Rodzaj oprawy: Paperback / softback Opis produktu: 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.