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The China Mystique: Pearl S. Buck, Anna May Wong, Mayling Soong, and the Transformation of American Orientalism
Karen J. Leong
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Paperback. Num Pages: 260 pages, 18 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; 3JJH; 3JJPG; JFSJ1; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 151 x 17. Weight in Grams: 378.
Throughout the history of the United States, images of China have populated the American imagination. Always in flux, these images shift rapidly, as they did during the early decades of the twentieth century. In this erudite and original study, Karen J. Leong explores the gendering of American orientalism during the 1930s and 1940s. Focusing on three women who were popularly and publicly associated with China--Pearl S. Buck, Anna May Wong, and Mayling Soong--Leong shows how each negotiated what it meant to be American, Chinese American, and Chinese against the backdrop of changes in the United States as a national community ... Read more
Throughout the history of the United States, images of China have populated the American imagination. Always in flux, these images shift rapidly, as they did during the early decades of the twentieth century. In this erudite and original study, Karen J. Leong explores the gendering of American orientalism during the 1930s and 1940s. Focusing on three women who were popularly and publicly associated with China--Pearl S. Buck, Anna May Wong, and Mayling Soong--Leong shows how each negotiated what it meant to be American, Chinese American, and Chinese against the backdrop of changes in the United States as a national community ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
260
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
Weight
386g
Number of Pages
260
Place of Publication
Berkerley, United States
ISBN
9780520244238
SKU
V9780520244238
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About Karen J. Leong
Karen J. Leong is Assistant Professor of Women's Studies at Arizona State University
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