Performing Chinatown : Hollywood, tourism, and the making of a Chinese American community /

"In 1938, China City opened near downtown Los Angeles. Featuring a recreation of the House of Wang set from MGM's The Good Earth, this new Chinatown employed many of the same Chinese Americans who performed as background extras in the 1937 film. Chinatown and Hollywood represented the two...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Gow, William (William Edward) (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, [2024]
Series:	Asian America.
Subjects:	Chinese American entertainers > California > Los Angeles > History > 20th century. Chinese Americans in motion pictures > History > 20th century. Chinatown (Los Angeles, Calif.) > History > 20th century. Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.) > History > 20th century. Los Angeles (Calif.) > Social conditions > 20th century. United States > History > 1933-1945. États-Unis > Histoire > 1933-1945. Américains d'origine chinoise au cinéma > Histoire > 20e siècle. Chinese American entertainers Chinese Americans in motion pictures Social conditions California > Los Angeles California > Los Angeles > Chinatown California > Los Angeles > Hollywood United States 1900-1999 History

Table of Contents:

Chinatown pastiche
China City and New Chinatown on Broadway
Chinese American extras during the Great Depression
Oppositional spectatorship and The good earth
Performing Japanese villains in wartime Hollywood
Mei Wah Girls' Drum Corps and the 1938 Moon Festival.