The China Mystique: Pearl S. Buck, Anna May Wong, Mayling Soong, and the Transformation of American Orientalism by Karen J. Leong [in AsianWeek]
Leong examines the lives of this trio – author of The Good Earth, the APA actress of all time, and the Wellesley-educated wife of Chiang Kai-shek – as the most prominent women associated with 1930s and ‘40s China. It’s more on the academic side, but lots of fascinating details to keep you reading.
Review: “New and Notable Books,” AsianWeek, September 8, 2005
Readers: Adult
Published: 2005
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