- Title Pages
- Dedication
- Preface to Second Edition
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- List of Illustrations
-
One Childhood -
Two Seeking Stardom -
Three Europe -
Four Atlantic Crossings -
Five China -
Six In the Service of the Motherland -
Seven Becoming Chinese American - Epilogue
- Filmography
- Television Appearances
- Selected Bibliography
- Articles by Anna May Wong
- Selected Interviews and Articles
- Magazines
- Newspapers
- Fiction and Poetry
- Printed Primary Sources
- Photography Collections
- Secondary Sources
- Index
- [UNTITLED]
Childhood
Childhood
- Chapter:
- (p.1) One Childhood
- Source:
- Anna May Wong
- Author(s):
Graham Russell Gao Hodges
- Publisher:
- Hong Kong University Press
This chapter details Wong's childhood in second generation Chinese American family. Her father travelled across the Pacific Ocean and established their family in China. It discusses Wong's parents background, work, family life and her schooling. It shows how Wong became enrapture in Silent Era film and eagerly sought extra roles, then gradually moved into larger parts, though always limited by race. It also shows her collaboration with leading actors, Lon Chaney, and her struggles with father, as well as her early romantic liaisons with older men.
Keywords: Chinese American, Silent Era Film, Second Generation
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- Title Pages
- Dedication
- Preface to Second Edition
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- List of Illustrations
-
One Childhood -
Two Seeking Stardom -
Three Europe -
Four Atlantic Crossings -
Five China -
Six In the Service of the Motherland -
Seven Becoming Chinese American - Epilogue
- Filmography
- Television Appearances
- Selected Bibliography
- Articles by Anna May Wong
- Selected Interviews and Articles
- Magazines
- Newspapers
- Fiction and Poetry
- Printed Primary Sources
- Photography Collections
- Secondary Sources
- Index
- [UNTITLED]