LEADER 03113nam 22005653 450 001 9910856994503321 005 20240812084530.0 010 $a9780520975804 010 $a0520975804 024 7 $a10.1525/9780520975804 035 $a(CKB)32138190700041 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC31594232 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL31594232 035 $a(DE-B1597)672968 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780520975804 035 $a(ScCtBLL)4dfc6957-ba88-4cfd-85be-cddb68bc68c1 035 $a(EXLCZ)9932138190700041 100 $a20240812d2024 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aTo Be an Actress $eLabor and Performance in Anna May Wong's Cross-Media World 205 $a1st ed. 210 1$aBerkeley :$cUniversity of California Press,$d2024. 210 4$dİ2024. 215 $a1 online resource (286 pages) 225 1 $aFeminist Media Histories Series ;$vv.7 311 08$a9780520346321 311 08$a0520346327 327 $aCover -- 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. 330 $aA free ebook version of this title is available through Luminos, University of California Press's Open Access publishing program. Visitwww.luminosoa.org to learn more. Between 1919 and 1961, pioneering Chinese American actress Anna May Wong established an enduring legacy that encompassed cinema, theater, radio, and American television. Born in Los Angeles, yet with her US citizenship scrutinized due to the Chinese Exclusion Act, Wong--a defiant misfit--innovated nuanced performances to subvert the racism and sexism that beset her life and career. In this critical study of Wong's cross-media and transnational career, Yiman Wang marshals extraordinary archival research and a multifocal approach to illuminate a lifelong labor of performance. Viewing Wong as a performer and worker, not just a star, To Be an Actress adopts a feminist decolonial perspective to speculatively meet her as an interlocutor while inviting a reconsideration of racialized, gendered, and migratory labor as the bedrock of the entertainment industries. 410 0$aFeminist Media Histories Series 606 $aActresses$zUnited States 606 $aChinese American motion picture actors and actresses$zUnited States 606 $aBIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Entertainment & Performing Arts$2bisacsh 608 $aBiographies.$2lcgft 615 0$aActresses 615 0$aChinese American motion picture actors and actresses 615 7$aBIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Entertainment & Performing Arts. 676 $a791.43028089951073 700 $aWang$b Yiman$01764309 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910856994503321 996 $aTo Be an Actress$94205100 997 $aUNINA