ABSTRACT
As the above magazine excerpts illustrate, in the middle of the twentieth century, young Asian American women were the quintessential gendered subjects who were affected by and also helped to shape Asian American youth culture. This chapter focuses on the postwar production of Asian American gendered public culture. Asian American ethnic presses such as Scene, the Philippines Star Press, and the Chinese Press, along with youth organizations such as Chi Alpha Delta, provide touchstones through which we may view the growth of Asian American youth culture during the
post-World War II golden age of American consumption.3 During this time, Asian American youth became central to their communities. Indeed, becoming Asian American was a key step in claiming a place in the American nation and necessary to the rise of the Asian American movement.
