To Be an Actress

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Labor and Performance in Anna May Wong's Cross-Media World

By Yiman Wang

Series: Feminist Media Histories

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A free ebook version of this title is available through Luminos, University of California Press's Open Access publishing program. Visit www.luminosoa.org to learn more. Between 1919 and 1961, pioneering Chinese American actress Anna May Wong established an enduring legacy that encompassed cinema, theatre, radio, and American... Read More

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To Be an Actress

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A free ebook version of this title is available through Luminos, University of California Press's Open Access publishing program. Visit www.luminosoa.org to learn more.

Between 1919 and 1961, pioneering Chinese American actress Anna May Wong established an enduring legacy that encompassed cinema, theatre, radio, and American television. Born in Los Angeles, yet with her US citizenship scrutinised due to the Chinese Exclusion Act, Wong—a defiant misfit—innovated nuanced performances to subvert the racism and sexism that beset her life and career.

In this critical study of Wong's cross-media and transnational career, Yiman Wang marshals extraordinary archival research and a multifocal approach to illuminate a lifelong labour of performance. Viewing Wong as a performer and worker, not just a star, To Be an Actress adopts a feminist decolonial perspective to speculatively meet her as an interlocutor while inviting a reconsideration of racialised, gendered, and migratory labour as the bedrock of the entertainment industries.

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ISBN: 9780520346321

Publisher: University of California Press

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 25 June 2024

Country: United States

Imprint: University of California Press

Illustration: 34 figures, 23 videos

Audience: General / adult, Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 23.0mm

Width: 152.0mm

Height: 229.0mm

Weight: 454g

Pages: 284

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Arts & Culture Biography & Memoir Education & Reference Musicians, Movie Stars & Creative Biographies Non-Fiction Series: Feminist Media Histories Yiman Wang

About the Author

Yiman Wang is Professor of Film & Digital Media at the University of California, Santa Cruz, and author of Remaking Chinese Cinema: Through the Prism of Shanghai, Hong Kong, and Hollywood.