Daughter of the Dragon: Anna May Wong's Rendezvous with American History

Name: Daughter of the Dragon: Anna May Wong's Rendezvous with American History
ISBN: 9781324095132

by Yunte Huang

National Book · 2023 · Shortlist

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Liveright PublishingMarch 7, 2023Biography & Memoir NonfictionISBN 9781324095132

Award History

Award	Year	Status	Citation
National Book Critics Circle Award for Biography	2023	Shortlist

About This Book

Yunte Huang's biography of Anna May Wong, the first Chinese American movie star, traces her career as a mirror of American racial politics and popular culture from the silent era through the Cold War. Shortlisted for the NBCC Award.

About the Author

Yunte HuangChinese American

Yunte Huang was born in Wenzhou, China, in 1969 and immigrated to the United States in 1991 after earning a B.A. from Peking University.New York Times, UCSB English A Distinguished Professor of English at UC Santa Barbara and Guggenheim Fellow, he is renowned for his creative nonfiction biographies such as Charlie Chan (Edgar Award winner, NBCC finalist), Inseparable (NBCC finalist, NYT Best Book), and Daughter of the Dragon (NYT Notable, NBCC finalist), along with scholarly works on transpacific literature.UCSB English, BookBrowse