Daughter of the Dragon: Anna May Wong's Rendezvous with American History by Yunte Huang

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/702763 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Daughter of the Dragon: Anna May Wong's Rendezvous with American History Author: Yunte Huang Narrator: Rebecca Lam Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 16 minutes Release date: October 10, 2023 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: 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. Born 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 and America in Wong's all-too-brief fifty-six years on earth.