ISBN10: 1631495801, ISBN13: 9781631495809, [publisher: LIVERIGHT PUB CORP] Hardcover &Uumlber den AutorYunte Huang, a Guggenheim Fellow, has taught at Harvard and the University of California, Santa Barbara, where he is a Distinguished Professor of English. The author of the Edgar Award-winning biograph.
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ISBN10: 1631495801, ISBN13: 9781631495809, [publisher: WW Norton & Co] Hardcover Hardcover. Born into the steam and starch of a Chinese laundry, Anna May Wong (19051961) 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. A trenchant reclamation of the Chinese American movie star, whose battles against cinematic exploitation and endemic racism are set against the currents of twentieth-century history Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our ...
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ISBN10: 1631495801, ISBN13: 9781631495809, [publisher: Liveright Publishing Corporation Aug 2023] Hardcover Neuware - 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 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 towards women that defined both Hollywood and America in Wong's all-too-brief fifty-six years on earth.
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ISBN10: 1631495801, ISBN13: 9781631495809, [publisher: Liveright] Hardcover First Edition First Edition thus. Daughter Of The Dragon by Yunte Huang. Published by Liveright in 2023. Hardcover ISBN:9781631495809. Collectible item in very fine condition.
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