{"product_id":"love-queenie-mayukh-sen-9781324050810","title":"Love, Queenie: Merle Oberon, Hollywood's First South Asian Star","description":"\u003cp\u003eMerle Oberon attained Hollywood immortality with a nomination for a Best Leading Actress Oscar for her role in the 1935 film \u003cem\u003eThe Dark Angel\u003c\/em\u003e. It was the first time a performer of color had received an acting nomination at the Academy Awards, but because Oberon concealed her South Asian identity throughout her lifetime and \"passed\" for white, very few people knew it. In \u003cem\u003eLove, Queenie\u003c\/em\u003e, the first biography in more than forty years of the India-born actress, Mayukh Sen draws on family interviews and previously untapped archival research to animate the \u003cem\u003eWuthering Heights\u003c\/em\u003e star's hard-won journey to fame. From an upbringing in poverty, she rose to the highest echelons of the film-world elite during Hollywood's racially exclusionary Golden Age. A major biography of an often-overlooked talent, \u003cem\u003eLove, Queenie\u003c\/em\u003e empathetically captures one woman's story while illuminating truths on race, gender, and power that still resonate today.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Mayukh Sen\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1324050810\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781324050810\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e W. W. Norton \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/04\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover","brand":"Mayukh Sen","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46052414980351,"sku":"9781324050810","price":29.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_20cb97bf-c5a9-405d-815e-b584dbb5f1d8.jpg?v=1723556308","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/love-queenie-mayukh-sen-9781324050810","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}