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“Hollywood Asian: Philip Ahn and the Politics of Cross-Ethnic Performance” (Book review)

January 8, 2007 O.Wang Asian Americans book review cinema race

Book reviewed:

  • Chung, Hye Seung. Hollywood Asian: Philip Ahn and the politics of cross-ethnic performance. Temple University Press, 2006.

Appears in: International Journal of Communication, 1, no. 1 (2007): 4.

Reviews Chung’s “critical biography” of Korean American actor Philip Ahn and his long career in Hollywood playing a variety of “Asian” roles.

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