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- Title
Portrait of a Patriot's Son: Philip Ahn and Korean Diasporic Identities in Hollywood.
- Authors
Hye Seung Chung
- Abstract
This essay examines the life and career of Philip Ahn (1905-78), the first Korean American actor to appear in Hollywood movies. His on-screen and offscreen personas are situated in a transnational context of Korean colonial diaspora in hopes of recuperating his pioneering status in both American and South Korean film industries.
- Subjects
UNITED States; AHN, Philip, 1905-1978; KOREAN Americans; ACTORS; MOTION picture industry; TRANSNATIONALISM
- Publication
Cinema Journal, 2006, Vol 45, Issue 2, p43
- ISSN
0009-7101
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1353/cj.2006.0014