Performing Chinatown: Hollywood, Tourism, and the Making of a Chinese American Community by William Gow

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Performing Chinatown: Hollywood, Tourism, and the Making of a Chinese American Community

William Gow

274 pages hardcover 2024

3 editions

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In 1938, China City opened near downtown Los Angeles. Featuring a recreation of the House of Wang set from MGM's The Good Earth, this new Chinatown employed many of the same Chinese Americans who performed as background extras in the 1937 film. Ch...

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