Performing Chinatown: Hollywood, Tourism, and the Making of a Chinese American Community
Wed 5/14/2025 • 4PM - 6PM PDT
Charles E. Young Research Library, Level A, Distinctive Collections Classroom
Professor William Gow (CSU Sacramento) will have a discussion with filmmaker and professor Renee Tajima-Peña about his new book, Performing Chinatown (Stanford University Press, 2024), which “retells the long-overlooked history of the ways that Los Angeles Chinatown shaped Hollywood and how Hollywood, in turn, shaped perceptions of Asian
American identity.”