Charlie Chan: The Untold Story of the Honorable Detective and His Rendezvous With American History - Brossura

Huang, Yunte

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ISBN 10: 0393340392 ISBN 13: 9780393340396

Casa editrice: W W Norton & Co Inc, 2011

Riassunto

Hailed as “irrepressibly spirited and entertaining” (Pico Iyer, Time) and “a fascinating cultural survey” (Paul Devlin, Daily Beast), this provocative first biography of Charlie Chan presents American history in a way that it has never been told before. Yunte Huang ingeniously traces Charlie Chan from his real beginnings as a bullwhip-wielding detective in territorial Hawaii to his reinvention as a literary sleuth and Hollywood film icon. Huang finally resurrects the “honorable detective” from the graveyard of detested postmodern symbols and reclaims him as the embodiment of America’s rich cultural diversity. The result is one of the most critically acclaimed books of the year and a “deeply personal . . . voyage into racial stereotyping and the humanizing force of story telling” (Donna Seaman, Los Angeles Times).

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Recensione:

"...fascinating book..." The Independent "...compelling biography..." Literary Review "Charlie Chan...is elevated to new heights of inter-racial significance in this scholarly, imaginative and witty work of cultural analysis by Yunte Huang, an academic with a sense of humour." The Irish Times "...a likeable, well-researched undertaking..." --Metro, Scotland

L'autore:

Born in China, Yunte Huang, is a professor of English at the University of California, Santa Barbara. He is the author of Transpacific Imaginations and a syndicated newspaper columnist.

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• Editore: W W Norton & Co Inc
• Data di pubblicazione: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0393340392
• ISBN 13: 9780393340396
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 354