Chinoiserie Out of the Old West

3 Academics translating Walter Benjamin's 1928 article from Die Literarische Welt titled Chinoiserie Out of the Old West about an interview with Chinese American silent film actress Anna May Wong.

 
 

Chinoiserie Out of the Old West, 2006, 16 minutes

Three academics translate an article published in 1928 in Die Literarische Welte by Walter Benjamin about Asian American actress Anna May Wong.

Review:

2006_"A Melange of Asian Roots and Shifting Identities"_The New York Times