Nancy Rao Book Talk at the University of British Columbia
- Event Type
- Lecture
- Sponsor
- The UBC School of Music
- Location
- UBC Music Building, Room 462 6361 Memorial Road, Vancouver, BC, V6J 2J1, Canada
- Date
- Oct 10, 2025 3:30 - 5:00 pm PDT
- Speaker
- Nancy Yunhwa Rao
- Views
- 3
What is the story behind an engraved illustration of a glamorous Chinese theater in San Francisco from 1870? Published in Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper, the object gives rise to a series of questions.
Nancy Yunhwa Rao, author of Inside Chinese Theater: Community and Artistry in Nineteenth-Century California and Beyond, gives a talk that looks at the engraving as an object, placing it in multiple contexts, exploring its history, connection to mid-19th century migration pattern, and linking it to sources old and new, such as news reports, digitization efforts, and museum exhibitions.