Anna May Wong : performing the modern /
"This critical cultural biography of Anna May Wong--a Chinese American actress who made close to sixty films, headlined theater and vaudeville productions, and had her own television show in 1951--examines Wong's life in order to gain an understanding of racial modernity and twentieth-cent...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Philadelphia :
Temple University Press,
[2019]
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| Series: | Asian American history and culture.
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| Summary: | "This critical cultural biography of Anna May Wong--a Chinese American actress who made close to sixty films, headlined theater and vaudeville productions, and had her own television show in 1951--examines Wong's life in order to gain an understanding of racial modernity and twentieth-century Western fantasies of China"-- |
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| Physical Description: | x, 246 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781439918333 1439918333 9781439918340 1439918341 |