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Not Your China Doll
Author | : Katie Gee Salisbury |
Publsiher | : Penguin |
Total Pages | : 375 |
Release | : 2024-03-12 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 9780593183991 |
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“Enlightening, nuanced, and honest.”—Lisa See Set against the glittering backdrop of Los Angeles during the gin-soaked Jazz Age and the rise of Hollywood, this debut book celebrates Anna May Wong, the first Asian American movie star, to bring an unsung heroine to light and reclaim her place in cinema history. Before Constance Wu, Sandra Oh, Awkwafina, or Lucy Liu, there was Anna May Wong. In her time, she was a legendary beauty, witty conversationalist, and fashion icon. Plucked from her family’s laundry business in Los Angeles, Anna May Wong rose to stardom in Douglas Fairbanks’s blockbuster The Thief of Bagdad. Fans and the press clamored to see more of this unlikely actress, but when Hollywood repeatedly cast her in stereotypical roles, she headed abroad in protest. Anna May starred in acclaimed films in Berlin, Paris, and London. She dazzled royalty and heads of state across several nations, leaving trails of suitors in her wake. She returned to challenge Hollywood at its own game by speaking out about the industry’s blatant racism. She used her new stature to move away from her typecasting as the China doll or dragon lady, and worked to reshape Asian American representation in film. Filled with stories of capricious directors and admiring costars, glamorous parties and far-flung love affairs, Not Your China Doll showcases the vibrant, radical life of a groundbreaking artist.
China Dolls
Author | : Lisa See |
Publsiher | : A&C Black |
Total Pages | : 473 |
Release | : 2014-06-03 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 9781408853269 |
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It's 1938 and the exclusive Oriental nightclub in San Francisco's Forbidden City is holding auditions for showgirls. In the dark, scandalous glamour of the club, three girls from very different backgrounds stumble into each other lives. All the girls have secrets. Grace, an American-born Chinese girl, has fled the Midwest and an abusive father. Helen is from a Chinese family which has deep roots in San Francisco's Chinatown. And, as both her friends know, Ruby is Japanese passing as Chinese. Then, in a heartbeat, everything changes. The Japanese attack Pearl Harbor and paranoia, suspicion, and a shocking act of betrayal, threaten to destroy their lives.
Blond China Doll
Author | : Hannelore Heinemann Headley |
Publsiher | : St. Catharines, Ont. : Triple H Pub. |
Total Pages | : 224 |
Release | : 2004 |
Genre | : Jewish refugees |
ISBN | : 0973580305 |
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The Complete Annotated Grateful Dead Lyrics
Author | : David G. Dodd,Alan Trist |
Publsiher | : Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages | : 512 |
Release | : 2015-10-13 |
Genre | : Music |
ISBN | : 9781501123320 |
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China Doll
Author | : Elizabeth Wong |
Publsiher | : Dramatic Publishing |
Total Pages | : 92 |
Release | : 2005 |
Genre | : Asian Americans in motion pictures |
ISBN | : 158342315X |
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Typescript, dated copyright April 2005. Lightly marked script used for the Pan Asian Repertory production in the West End Theater, 233 West 86th Street, New York, N.Y., which opened April 2, 2005, directed by Tisa Chang. The play is based on the life and motion picture career of actress Anna May Wong, but it is not entirely factual.
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan
Author | : Lisa See |
Publsiher | : A&C Black |
Total Pages | : 353 |
Release | : 2011-10-17 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 9781408821626 |
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Lily is the daughter of a humble farmer, and to her family she is just another expensive mouth to feed. Then the local matchmaker delivers startling news: if Lily's feet are bound properly, they will be flawless. In nineteenth-century China, where a woman's eligibility is judged by the shape and size of her feet, this is extraordinary good luck. Lily now has the power to make a good marriage and change the fortunes of her family. To prepare for her new life, she must undergo the agonies of footbinding, learn nu shu, the famed secret women's writing, and make a very special friend, Snow Flower. But a bitter reversal of fortune is about to change everything.
Buy Me a China Doll
Author | : Anonim |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 135 |
Release | : 1975 |
Genre | : Electronic Book |
ISBN | : OCLC:765868280 |
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China Doll
Author | : Marjorie Chan |
Publsiher | : Scirocca Drama |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2004 |
Genre | : Drama |
ISBN | : 0920486835 |
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Su-Ling, an open minded and intelligent young woman in Shanghai, has her feet bound by her grandmother, Poa-Poa. Despite the pain and the crippling effects, custom decrees that the smaller and daintier the foot, the more marriageable the woman. Poa-Poa has high hopes that her granddaughter will marry well and bring prosperity to them both. Then Su-Ling meets the merchant Li and Su-Ling makes choices that lead her toward independence which have consequences for everyone in her world.