Shining Star: The Anna May Wong Story
by:
Paula Yoo (author)
Lin Wang (author)
The true story of Chinese American film star Anna May Wong, whose trail-blazing career in Hollywood in the 1930s and 1940s broke new ground for future generations of Asian American actors.
The true story of Chinese American film star Anna May Wong, whose trail-blazing career in Hollywood in the 1930s and 1940s broke new ground for future generations of Asian American actors.
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Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9781600602597 (1600602592)
Publish date: June 1st 2009
Publisher: Lee & Low Books
Pages no: 32
Edition language: English
A great introduction to Anna May Wong I wasn't sure what to expect in this book since Anna May Wong is a complicated, somewhat controversial person. I thought the book handled her history very well though. It addresses yellowface and stereotypes/racism in Hollywood and shows how Wong grows as an a...
Paula Yoo! How well I remember her previous book, Sixteen Years in Sixteen Seconds. What a fantastic story.So I could not wait to read this one, another biography of an Asian American. This time Woo tells the story of Anna May Wong, an actress in Hollywood in the 1930's through the 1950's. Wong did ...
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