Susan Chen
@schenSusan Chen es doctora en estudios étnicos. Candidato en la Universidad de California, San Diego. Sus intereses de investigación incluyen la historia asiáticoamericana, la historia estadounidense de posguerra, los estudios culturales y la historia urbana moderna. Le fascinan especialmente los estudios de los estadounidenses de origen asiático en los medios contemporáneos y la cultura popular. De 2003 a 2007, Chen trabajó en el Museo Nacional Japonés Americano como asistente curatorial y luego como director del museo.
Actualizado en febrero de 2015
Historias de Este Autor
Oshogatsu Traditions in the United States
21 de noviembre 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 junio 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 …
