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Perpetually cool : the many lives of Anna May Wong (1905-1961) / Anthony B. Chan.
Van Pelt Library PN2287.W56 C48 2003
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Chan, Anthony B.
- Series:
- Filmmakers series ; no. 103.
- Filmmakers series ; no. 103
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Wong, Anna May, 1905-1961.
- Wong, Anna May.
- Motion picture actors and actresses--United States--Biography.
- Motion picture actors and actresses.
- United States.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- xvii, 312 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham, Md. : Scarecrow Press, [2003]
- Summary:
- This is the first biography about Anna May Wong, an extraordinary Asian American woman who became the country's most famous film actress of Chinese descent. This multi-faceted tale takes the reader on a compelling journey through Wong's early years in Los Angeles and her first Hollywood pictures--films that led to her international fame. It is also an examination into the scope of race, gender, and power and their impact on her personal growth as a Chinese American.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Includes filmography: pages 283-294.
- ISBN:
- 0810847892
- OCLC:
- 52079602
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