The China Mystique: Pearl S. Buck, Anna May Wong, Mayling Soong, and the Transformation of American Orientalism

by Karen J. Leong

Book Overview

Throughout 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 1930s and 1940s. Focusing on three women who were popularly and publicly associated with China--Pearl S. Buck, Anna May Wong, and Mayling...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520244230
• ISBN13: 9780520244238
• Release Date: July 2005
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 260 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.5" x 8.9"