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Daughter of the Dragon: Anna May Wong's Rendezvous with American History
Paperback
Entertainment & Performing ArtsBiographies GeneralFilm Studies
Publisher Price: $18.99
ISBN13: 9781324095132
Publisher: Liveright Publishing Corporation
Published: Aug 6 2024
Pages: 400
Weight: 0.70
Height: 1.00 Width: 5.40 Depth: 8.20
Language: English
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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