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Anna May Wong

Performing the Modern

Anna May Wong( )
Author: Lim, Shirley Jennifer
Series title:Asian American History and Cultu Ser.
ISBN:978-1-4399-1834-0
Publication Date:Apr 2019
Publisher:Temple University Press
Book Format:Paperback
List Price:USD $29.95
Book Description:

Pioneering Chinese American actress Anna May Wong made more than sixty films, headlined theater and vaudeville productions, and even starred in her own television show. Her work helped shape racial modernity as she embodied the dominant image of Chinese and, more generally, "Oriental" women between 1925 and 1940. In Anna May Wong, Shirley Jennifer Lim re-evaluates Wong's life and work as a consummate artist by mining an historical archive of her efforts outside of Hollywood...
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Book Details
Pages:262
Detailed Subjects: Social Science / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / American / Asian American & Pacific Islander Studies
Biography & Autobiography / Entertainment & Performing Arts
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):5.85 x 9.75 x 0.585 Inches
Book Weight:1.465 Pounds



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