Past Event
Thursday, August 24, 2023, 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.
Yunte Huang: Daughter of the Dragon
7461 Girard Avenue, San Diego, 92037
Cost: Free
Noted UCSB Professor Yunte Huang will read from and discuss his book Daughter of the Dragon: Anna May Wong's Rendezvous with American History. A trenchant reclamation of the Chinese American movie star, whose battles against cinematic exploitation and endemic racism are set against the currents of twentieth-century history. Born into the steam and starch of a Chinese laundry, Anna May Wong (1905–1961) emerged from turn-of-the-century Los Angeles to become Old Hollywood’s most famous Chinese American actress, a screen siren who captivated global audiences and signed her publicity photos—with a touch of defiance—“Orientally yours.”