03113nam 22005653 450 991085699450332120240812084530.09780520975804052097580410.1525/9780520975804(CKB)32138190700041(MiAaPQ)EBC31594232(Au-PeEL)EBL31594232(DE-B1597)672968(DE-B1597)9780520975804(ScCtBLL)4dfc6957-ba88-4cfd-85be-cddb68bc68c1(EXLCZ)993213819070004120240812d2024 uy 0engur|||||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierTo Be an Actress Labor and Performance in Anna May Wong's Cross-Media World1st ed.Berkeley :University of California Press,2024.©2024.1 online resource (286 pages)Feminist Media Histories Series ;v.79780520346321 0520346327 Cover -- Series page -- Title -- Copyright -- Subvention -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Prelude -- 1. Putting on a Show -- 2. Putting on Another Show -- 3. Shifting the Show -- 4. The Show Must Go On-in Episodes -- 5. Encore the Performer-Worker -- Refrain -- Notes -- Index.A free ebook version of this title is available through Luminos, University of California Press's Open Access publishing program. Visitwww.luminosoa.org to learn more. Between 1919 and 1961, pioneering Chinese American actress Anna May Wong established an enduring legacy that encompassed cinema, theater, radio, and American television. Born in Los Angeles, yet with her US citizenship scrutinized due to the Chinese Exclusion Act, Wong--a defiant misfit--innovated nuanced performances to subvert the racism and sexism that beset her life and career. In this critical study of Wong's cross-media and transnational career, Yiman Wang marshals extraordinary archival research and a multifocal approach to illuminate a lifelong labor of performance. Viewing Wong as a performer and worker, not just a star, To Be an Actress adopts a feminist decolonial perspective to speculatively meet her as an interlocutor while inviting a reconsideration of racialized, gendered, and migratory labor as the bedrock of the entertainment industries.Feminist Media Histories SeriesActressesUnited StatesChinese American motion picture actors and actressesUnited StatesBIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Entertainment & Performing ArtsbisacshBiographies.lcgftActressesChinese American motion picture actors and actressesBIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Entertainment & Performing Arts.791.43028089951073Wang Yiman1764309MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910856994503321To Be an Actress4205100UNINA