The public face of Chinatown: Actresses, actors, playwrights, and audiences of Chinatown theaters in San Francisco during the 1920s

Journal of the Society for American Music

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 235-270

  Rao, Nancy Yunhwa ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 79956353795     PISSN: 17521963     EISSN: 17521971     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1752196311000046     Document Type: Article

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