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celebration
chinese american
chinese business community
chinese new year
citizenship
community
economics
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ethnic community
ethnic identity
ethnic movements
feminism
festival
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holiday
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multicultural america
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parade
politics
queer activism
racial negotiation
san francisco
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transnational politics
Product details
- ISBN 9780520253513
- Weight: 454g
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 02 Sep 2008
- Publisher: University of California Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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This provocative history of the largest annual Chinese celebration in the United States - the Chinese New Year parade and beauty pageant in San Francisco - opens a new window onto the evolution of one Chinese American community over the second half of the twentieth century. In a vividly detailed account that incorporates many different voices and perspectives, Chiou-ling Yeh explores the origins of these public events and charts how, from their beginning in 1953, they developed as a result of Chinese business community ties with American culture, business, and politics. What emerges is a fascinating picture of how an ethnic community shaped and was shaped by transnational and national politics, economics, ethnic movements, feminism, and queer activism.
Chiou-ling Yeh is Assistant Professor in the Department of History at San Diego State University.
