The China mystique : Pearl S. Buck, Anna May Wong, Mayling Soong, and the transformation of American Orientalism /

Leong, Karen J., 1968-

The China mystique : Pearl S. Buck, Anna May Wong, Mayling Soong, and the transformation of American Orientalism / Pearl S. Buck, Anna May Wong, Mayling Soong, and the transformation of American Orientalism Karen J. Leong. - Berkeley, Calif. : University of California Press, (c)2005. - 1 online resource (x, 236 pages, 14. pages of plates )

Includes bibliographies and index.

Gendering American Orientalism -- Pearl Sydenstricker Buck -- Anna May Wong -- Mayling Soong -- Transforming American national identity : the China mystique.

Focusing on three women, Pearl S. Buck, Anna May Wong and Mayling Soong, this book studies the shifting images of China in American culture, particularly during the 1930s and 40s.




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Buck, Pearl S. 1892-1973.
Wong, Anna May, 1905-1961.
Chiang, May-ling Soong, 1897-2003.


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