LEADER 03484nam 2200649Ia 450 001 9910450360303321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-520-93863-1 010 $a1-59875-544-7 024 7 $a10.1525/9780520938632 035 $a(CKB)1000000000030792 035 $a(EBL)231928 035 $a(OCoLC)475938395 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000277835 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11207632 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000277835 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10240777 035 $a(PQKB)11387259 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0000055936 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC231928 035 $a(DE-B1597)519141 035 $a(OCoLC)1110708980 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780520938632 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL231928 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10079956 035 $a(OCoLC)437146304 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000030792 100 $a20041018d2005 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe China mystique$b[electronic resource] $ePearl S. Buck, Anna May Wong, Mayling Soong, and the transformation of American Orientalism /$fKaren J. Leong 210 $aBerkeley, Calif. $cUniversity of California Press$d2005 215 $a1 online resource (263 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-520-24423-0 311 $a0-520-24422-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tIllustrations --$t1. Gendering American Orientalism --$t2. Pearl Sydenstricker Buck --$t3. Anna May Wong --$t4. Mayling Soong --$t5. Transforming American National Identity- The China Mystique --$tNotes --$tBibliography --$tAcknowledgments --$tIndex 330 $aThroughout 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 during the 1930's and 1940's. Focusing on three women who were popularly and publicly 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 the backdrop of changes in the United States as a national community and as an international power. The China Mystique illustrates how each of these women encountered the possibilities as well as the limitations of transnational status in attempting to shape her own opportunities. During these two decades, each woman enjoyed expanding visibility due to an increasingly global mass culture, rising nationalism in Asia, the emergence of the United States from the shadows of imperialism to world power, and the more assertive participation of women in civic and consumer culture. 517 3 $aPearl S. Buck, Anna May Wong, Mayling Soong, and the transformation of American Orientalism 606 $aInternational relations 607 $aUnited States$xRelations$zChina 607 $aChina$xRelations$zUnited States 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aInternational relations. 676 $a305.48/8951073/0922 700 $aLeong$b Karen J.$f1968-$01053268 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910450360303321 996 $aThe China mystique$92485093 997 $aUNINA