From white woman's burden to orientalized motherhood: the strange career of Dr. "Mom" Chung
- Collection:
- NLM Publications and Productions
- Series Title(s):
- Asian-American history month lecture
- Contributor(s):
- Wu, Judy Tzu-Chun. National Library of Medicine (U.S.)
- Publication:
- [Bethesda, Md. : National Library of Medicine], 2008
- Language(s):
- English
- Format:
- Moving image
- Subject(s):
- Physicians, Women Asian Family Relations History, 20th Century Social Mobility San Francisco Chung, Margaret, 1889-1959.
- Genre(s):
- Biography Lecture
- Abstract:
- (Producer) During World War II, Mom Chung's was the place to be in San Francisco. Soldiers, movie stars, and politicians gathered at her home to socialize, to affirm their dedication to the Allied cause, and to express their affection for their adopted mother, Dr. Margaret Chung. Born in 1889 in Santa Barbara, California, Chung would become the first known American-born Chinese female physician when she graduated from the University of Southern California in 1916. She established one of the first western medical clinics in San Francisco Chinatown in the 1920s before achieving celebrity status during the international conflicts of the 1930s and 1940s. This talk examines Chung's interracial surrogate family and her own orientalized motherly persona as symbols of the selectively expanded American nation during World War II. The lecture is illustrated with slides.
- Copyright:
- The National Library of Medicine believes this item to be in the public domain. (More information)
- Extent:
- 061 min.
- Color:
- Color
- Sound:
- Sound
- Cast:
- Introduction, Elizabeth Fee ; speaker, Judy Tzu-Chun Wu.
- Provenance:
- Received: June 13, 2008; transfer; from Stephen J. Greenberg, coordinator of public services, History of Medicine Division, National Library of Medicine.
- Technique:
- Live action
- NLM Unique ID:
- 101476599 (See catalog record)
- OCLC no.:
- 244264537
- Permanent Link:
- http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101476599