Susan Chen
@schenSusan Chen é Ph.D. em Estudos Étnicos. Candidato na Universidade da Califórnia, San Diego. Seus interesses de pesquisa incluem história asiático-americana, história dos EUA no pós-guerra, estudos culturais e história urbana moderna. Ela é especialmente fascinada pelos estudos dos ásio-americanos na mídia contemporânea e na cultura popular. De 2003 a 2007, Chen trabalhou no Museu Nacional Japonês-Americano como assistente de curadoria e depois como gerente do museu.
Atualizado em fevereiro de 2015
Stories from This Author
Oshogatsu Traditions in the United States
21 de Novembro de 2007 • Susan Chen , Vicky K. Murakami-Tsuda
In the Western world, New Year’s Eve is a big day for parties to celebrate the end of a year and the fresh start of a new one. In Japan, the beginning of the New Year, or Oshogatsu, is when friends and family gather together for what is considered to be the most important holiday of the year. It is celebrated throughout the country and by Nikkei around the world with symbolic food, decorations, activities, and other traditions to wish …
Japanese American Gardeners: Their Stories and Their Landscapes
28 de Junho de 2007 • Susan Chen
Few Japanese art forms have enjoyed as much popularity in the United States as the Japanese-style garden. First introduced to this country at the 1876 Philadelphia Centennial Exposition, these gardens immediately captured the imagination of the American public. Displays of Japanese-style gardens and pavilions soon became a fixture at virtually all expositions and World’s Fairs, and they also proliferated in public parks, school grounds, business properties, and private estates of the wealthy. By 1920, many of today’s popular gardens had …
