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Daughter of the Dragon

- Anna May Wong's Rendezvous with American History

  • Format
  • Bog, paperback
  • Engelsk
  • 400 sider

Beskrivelse

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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Detaljer
  • SprogEngelsk
  • Sidetal400
  • Udgivelsesdato17-09-2024
  • ISBN139781324095132
  • Forlag Ww Norton & Co
  • FormatPaperback
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  • Vægt318 g
  • Dybde2,5 cm
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    10 cm
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    14 cm
    21,1 cm

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