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Creating Masculinity in Los Angeles's Little Manila: Working-Class Filipinos and Popular Culture, 1920s-1950s - Popular Cultures, Everyday Lives Espana-Maram, Linda (Associate Professor, California State University, Long Beach)
Creating Masculinity in Los Angeles's Little Manila: Working-Class Filipinos and Popular Culture, 1920s-1950s - Popular Cultures, Everyday Lives
Espana-Maram, Linda (Associate Professor, California State University, Long Beach)
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.
280 pages, 13 illus.
| Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
| Released | April 25, 2006 |
| ISBN13 | 9780231115933 |
| Publishers | Columbia University Press |
| Pages | 280 |
| Dimensions | 229 × 152 × 21 mm · 452 g |
| Language | English |