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Anna May Wong Not Your China Doll by Katie Gee Salisbury - book review by Anna Chen

Anna May Wong – Not Your China Doll book review

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A lively, well-written romp through Anna May Wong’s life and career, if light on the political landscape that shaped her. Impressive research and detail in the book tell a good yarn. Written through the lens of the Chinese American author, the identity politics often hit the mark.
Forgotten, however, the political manipulation of perception that has resulted in the very real tragedy of race hysteria that’s seen Asian women attacked and murdered.
Book review by Anna Chen

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Another chance to hear Anna May Wong: A Celestial Star in Piccadilly on BBC Radio 4 Extra and iPlayer

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Anna May Wong: a celestial star in Piccadilly, BBC Radio 4 Extra, 06:30 & 13:30 Wednesday 16th March 2016. Written & presented by Anna Chen I had the great pleasure to make my programme on Anna May Wong, Hollywood’s first Chinese screen legend, in 2008 for broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2009. It’s

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The Life & Crimes of Anna May Wong on Madam Miaow, Resonance FM, 5pm today

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Later today on Madam Miaow’s Culture Lounge, Resonance 104.4FM, listen to “The Life and Crimes of Anna May Wong”, the story of Hollywood’s first Chinese screen legend. 5-6pm. Presented by Anna Chen from her one-woman show, Anna May Wong Must Die! With Charles Shaar Murray. Listen afterwards here or even better, as it’s radio, LIVE via

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Yellowface sequence from Anna May Wong Must Die!

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The Yellowface sequence from Anna Chen’s solo show, Anna May Wong Must Die! (2009). Hollywood legends we have loved getting silly with the oriental make-up. There are many contenders who could have been added to this slideshow. Luise Rainer was cast as the wife in the MGM movie of Pearl S Buck’s Pulitzer Prize-winning blockbuster,

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Anna May Wong Must Die! opens tomorrow: satire, crudity and politics

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OK, this is it, guys and gals. Anna May Wong Must Die! gets its first London theatrical outing tomorrow night (Thursday 10th) at the New Diorama Theatre, followed by another on Saturday. Legendary cultural writer Charles Shaar Murray and The Plague’s Marc Jefferies will be providing live music. I’m performing the show as a “work-in-progress”

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The Forum, BBC World Service, and Anna May Wong in Nunhead

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You can hear me talking about Hollywood legend Anna May Wong this Sunday on the BBC World Service’s The Forum at 9am. Chaired by Bridget Kendall, I’m on with Professor Dimitar Sasselov, discussing Super-earths, and Kwame Anthony Appiah on honour revolutions. Bob From Brockley tells me there’s a chance to see Anna May Wong on

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