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, and notions of
heterosexual masculinity within the confines of a working
class.
Espa?a-Maram takes this history one step further by examining
the relationships among Filipinos and other Angelenos of color,
including the Chinese, Mexican Americans, and African Americans.
Drawing on oral histories and previously untapped archival records,
Espa?a-Maram provides an innovative and engaging perspective on
Filipino immigrant experiences.
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