Imperial Blues - Geographies of Race and Sex in Jazz Age New York

Focusing on the representations of distant lands and exotic bodies that filled the nightclubs of Jazz Age New York, Fiona I. B. Ngô shows how U.S. ambitions abroad shaped racial, gendered, and sexual formations at home.

Sommario

Acknowledgments vii

Introduction 1

1. Desire and Danger in Jazz's Contact Zones 33

2. Queer Modernities 71

3. Orienting Subjectivities 121

4. Dreaming of Araby 155

Conclusion. Academic Indiscretions 187

Notes 193

Bibliography 231

Index 251

Info autore

Fiona I. B. Ngô is Assistant Professor of Asian American Studies and of Gender and Women's Studies at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.

Riassunto

Focusing on the representations of distant lands and exotic bodies that filled the nightclubs of Jazz Age New York, Fiona I. B. Ngô shows how U.S. ambitions abroad shaped racial, gendered, and sexual formations at home.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Fiona Ngo, Fiona I. B. Ngo, Fiona I B Ngô, Fiona I. B. Ngô, Not Available (NA)
• Editore: Duke University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 21.02.2014
• EAN: 9780822355243
• ISBN: 978-0-8223-5524-3
• Pagine: 280
• Categorie: Saggistica > Storia > Altro; Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Sociologia > Teorie sociologiche; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia > Storia dei paesi e delle regioni; 20. Jahrhundert (1900 bis 1999 n. Chr.), Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika, USA, Amerikanische Geschichte, Gender Studies: Gruppen, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Gender Studies, HISTORY / United States / 20th Century, Ethnic Issues, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / General