{"product_id":"9781324095132","title":"Daughter of the Dragon: Anna May Wong's Rendezvous with American History","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eOne of the \u003cem\u003eAtlantic\u003c\/em\u003e's \"Books to Get Lost in This Summer\" Best Books of August 2023: \u003cem\u003eNew York Times Book Review, Christian Science Monitor, InsideHook, BookRiot, WNET AllArts, Arlington Magazine\u003c\/em\u003e 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.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cp\u003eBorn 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 \u003cem\u003eand\u003c\/em\u003e America in Wong’s all-too-brief fifty-six years on earth.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Liveright Publishing Corporation","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47917929824496,"sku":"9781324095132","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781324095132_p0.jpg?v=1763708238","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781324095132","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}