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Hollywood Asian

Philip Ahn and the Politics of Cross-Ethnic Performance

Hollywood Asian( )
Author: Chung, Hye Seung
ISBN:978-1-281-09376-9
Publication Date:Jan 2006
Publisher:Temple University Press
Book Format:Ebook
List Price:USD $74.50
Book Description:

From silent films to television programs, Hollywood has employed actors of various ethnicities to represent "Oriental"characters, from Caucasian stars like Loretta Young made up in yellow-face to Korean American pioneer Philip Ahn, whose more than 200 screen performances included roles as sadistic Japanese military officers in World War II movies and a wronged Chinese merchant in the TV show "Bonanza." The first book-length study of Korean identities in American cinema and television,...
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Pages:232



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