The China Mystique. Pearl S Buck, Anna May Wong, Mayling Soong and the Transformation of American Orientalism.
Berkeley. University of California Press. 2005. Stock ID #168867 "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 in the 1930s and 1940s. Focusing on three women who were popularly 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 a backdrop of worldwide cultural and political change." - Publisher's description. When referring to this item please quote stockid 168867.
Black and white photographic illustrations, ix + 236pp, index, bibliography, notes, very good paperback copy.
Price: $33.00 AU