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Daughter of the dragon : Anna May Wong's rendezvous with American history
- Title
- Daughter of the dragon : Anna May Wong's rendezvous with American history / Yunte Huang.
- Author
- Huang, Yunte
- Publication
- New York, NY : Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W.W. Norton & Company, [2023]
- ©2023
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- Description
- xvi, 382 pages : illustrations, map; 25 cm
- Summary
- The story of Anna May Wong, who fought virulent anti-Chinese xenophobia, unabashed sexism, cinematic exploitation and ageism that defined American culture in the 20th century to became Hollywood's first Chinese American film star.
- Alternative Title
- Anna May Wong's rendezvous with American history
- Subject
- Wong, Anna May, 1905-1961
- Chinese American motion picture actors and actresses > Biography
- Asian Americans in the motion picture industry
- Xenophobia in motion pictures
- Chinese American motion picture actors and actresses
- Motion picture actors and actresses
- Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.) > Biography
- United States
- California > Los Angeles > Hollywood
- Genre/Form
- Biographies.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 319-350) and index.
- Contents
- Part one. Fun in a Chinese laundry -- Year of the dragon -- Chinatown -- The laundryman -- Fun in a Chinese laundry -- Anna -- Curious Chinese child -- part two. Becoming Anna May -- The red lantern -- Anna May -- Madame Butterfly in technicolor -- Hollywood Babylon -- The thief of Bagdad -- Her own company -- Vaudeville -- 1927 -- part three. "Orientally yours" -- Weimar Berlin -- "Orientally yours" -- Conversation with AMW -- The vamp -- Picadilly -- The circle of chalk -- The first word -- part four. Daughter of the dragon -- On the spot -- Daughter of the dragon -- Shanghai express -- To be kissed, or not -- Not so good Earth -- part five. China -- Transpacific interlude -- Shanghai -- Chinese Alice in Shanghailand -- Fragrant harbor -- Chinese gestures -- The dust of the Earth -- At the palace of the dragon lady -- part six. The big nowhere -- These foolish things -- Daughter of Shanghai -- Your name in Chinese -- Goddess of mercy -- Will the real lady from Chungking please stand up? -- The big nowhere -- Ready for close-up.
- Call Number
- MWES (Wong, A.) 23-4280
- ISBN
- 9781631495809
- 1631495801
- OCLC
- 1393142554
- Author
- Huang, Yunte, author.
- Title
- Daughter of the dragon : Anna May Wong's rendezvous with American history / Yunte Huang.
- Publisher
- New York, NY : Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W.W. Norton & Company, [2023]
- Copyright Date
- ©2023
- Edition
- First edition.
- Type of Content
- textstill image
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 319-350) and index.
- Other Form:
- ebook version : 9781631495816
- Research Call Number
- MWES (Wong, A.) 23-4280