{"product_id":"to-be-an-actress-by-yiman-wang-9780520346321","title":"To Be an Actress","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA free ebook version of this title is available through Luminos, University of California Press's Open Access publishing program. Visit \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.luminosoa.org\"\u003ewww.luminosoa.org\u003c\/a\u003e to learn more.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBetween 1919 and 1961, pioneering Chinese American actress Anna May Wong established an enduring legacy that encompassed cinema, theatre, radio, and American television. Born in Los Angeles, yet with her US citizenship scrutinised 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn 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 labour of performance. Viewing Wong as a performer and worker, not just a star, \u003cem\u003eTo Be an Actress\u003c\/em\u003e adopts a feminist decolonial perspective to speculatively meet her as an interlocutor while inviting a reconsideration of racialised, gendered, and migratory labour as the bedrock of the entertainment industries.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46855898956012,"sku":"9780520346321","price":66.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/6683543482373.jpg?v=1759282334","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.live\/products\/to-be-an-actress-by-yiman-wang-9780520346321","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}