Courtyard Sisters
Settler Fantasy and Experiment at the International Institute of Los Angeles, 1914-1940
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3532402 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Laura Dominguez (0000-0003-2701-2469, PhD candidate in history at the University of Southern California, in Los Angeles, USA), Laura Chalmers Domínguez (University of Southern California, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 52 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 415-440 |
| Publication date | 2021-10-16 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Western Historical Quarterly (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0043-3810 • E-ISSN: 1939-8603 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1093/whq/whab111 |
| OpenAlex | W3192537990 |
| Language | EN |
This article examines the history of the International Institute of Los Angeles, one of dozens of immigrant-serving agencies to open nationwide under the Young Women's Christian Association (YWCA) during the 1910s. Close reading of this branch reveals how related processes of domestication, democratization, and assimilation of immigrant groups buttressed the settler colonial making of the city. Through a study of the organization's fieldwork, cultural programs, and architectural footprint, the author argues that the Institute preserved the racial fantasies of Anglo Angelenos with its efforts to Americanize women and girls in a Spanish Colonial Revival space. This article reframes the city's institutional landscape during the interwar period, showing how social reformers helped maintain and police boundaries of belonging in western metropoles
Art · Colonialism · Democracy · Democratization · Economic history · Ethnology · Fantasy · Immigration · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Gender Studies · History · Latin American and Latino Studies · Law · Race, History, and American Society
| Highly cited | No |
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