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Performing Chinatown

Hollywood, Tourism, and the Making of a Chinese American Community

William Gow

Illustrations

Acknowledgments

A Note on the Romanization of Chinese

Names and Places

Introduction

PART I: CHINATOWN TOURISM

1Chinatown Pastiche

2China City and New Chinatown on Broadway

PART II: HOLLYWOOD EXTRAS

3Chinese American Extras During the Great Depression

4Oppositional Spectatorship and The Good Earth

PART III: WARTIME LOS ANGELES

5Performing Japanese Villains in Wartime Hollywood

6Mei Wah Girls' Drum Corps and the 1938 Moon Festival

Conclusion

Epilogue

Notes

Selected Bibliography

Index