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  • Moy, James S.
    MARGINAL SIGHTS: Staging the Chinese in America.

    Edition: First printing.

    Iowa City: University of Iowa Press (1993.) dj. Hardcover first edition - A look at the history and prevalence of stereotypes in depicting the Chinese in films and theatre, from Bret Harte and Mark Twain's play 'Ah Sin' to O'Neill's Marcos Millions and the contemporary Broadway hit 'Miss Saigon' and from early silent films to modern pornography. The stereetypes range from Charlie Chan to Fu Manchu to Madame Butterfly. Includes a chapter on the photographs of San Francisco's Chinatown by Arnold Genthe. A title in the 'Theatre History and Culture' series. 158 pp. with notes and bibliography. ISBN: 0-87745-4272.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket (as new.)

    Book ID: 26466
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