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Past Event

Reading Californians Book Discussion: Daughter of the Dragon

Join us in-person or on Zoom when we discuss the 2024 silver medal winner in non-fiction, Daughter of the Dragon: Anna May Wong's Rendezvous with American History, with author Yunte Huang. This entertaining and informative look at one of America's first silver screen celebrities tells of Chinese-American actress Anna May Wong's trials with what American filmgoers and the film industry wanted to see on screen—that was not necessarily a beautiful Asian woman co-starring with non-Asian men. This book takes us back to a time of misogyny and racism that was all too accepted.

This program will be held in Zoom; registrants will receive a link to the Zoom program.

Organizer
Kalena Gregory
Notes

A Reading Californians Member-led Forum program. Forums at the Club are organized and run by volunteer programmers who are members of The Commonwealth Club, and they cover a diverse range of topics. Learn more about our Forums.

October 8, 2024

The Commonwealth Club World Affairs of California
110 The Embarcadero
Max Thelen Boardroom
San Francisco, CA 94105
United States

Speakers

Yunte Huang

Author, Daughter of the Dragon: Anna May Wong's Rendezvous with American History

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Kalena Gregory

Chair, Reading Californians Member-led Forum, The Commonwealth Club World Affairs of California—Moderator