Daughter of the dragon : Anna May Wong's rendezvous with American history
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[S.l.] : Liveright Publishing Corp., 2023.
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400 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 23 cm
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Adult Biography
A BIO WONG
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Published
[S.l.] : Liveright Publishing Corp., 2023.
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Book
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English
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A trenchant reclamation of the Chinese American movie star, whose battles against cinematic exploitation and endemic racism are set against the currents of twentieth-century history. Born into the steam and starch of a Chinese laundry, Anna May Wong (1905–1961) emerged from turn-of-the-century Los Angeles to become Old Hollywood’s most famous Chinese American actress, a screen siren who captivated global audiences and signed her publicity photos―with a touch of defiance―“Orientally yours.” Now, more than a century after her birth, Yunte Huang narrates Wong’s tragic life story, retracing her journey from Chinatown to silent-era Hollywood, and from Weimar Berlin to decadent, prewar Shanghai, and capturing American television in its infancy. As Huang shows, Wong’s rendezvous with history features a remarkable parade of characters, including a smitten Walter Benjamin and (an equally smitten) Marlene Dietrich. Challenging the parodically racist perceptions of Wong as a “Dragon Lady,” “Madame Butterfly,” or “China Doll,” Huang’s biography becomes a truly resonant work of history that reflects the raging anti-Chinese xenophobia, unabashed sexism, and ageism toward women that defined both Hollywood and America in Wong’s all-too-brief fifty-six years on earth.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Huang, Y. (2023). Daughter of the dragon: Anna May Wong's rendezvous with American history . Liveright Publishing Corp..
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Huang, Yunte. 2023. Daughter of the Dragon: Anna May Wong's Rendezvous With American History. Liveright Publishing Corp.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Huang, Yunte. Daughter of the Dragon: Anna May Wong's Rendezvous With American History Liveright Publishing Corp, 2023.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Huang, Yunte. Daughter of the Dragon: Anna May Wong's Rendezvous With American History Liveright Publishing Corp., 2023.
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