Romance and the "Yellow Peril": Race, Sex, and Discursive Strategies in Hollywood Fiction

by Gina Marchetti (Author), Gina Marchetti (Author)

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1994
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Focusing upon Hollywood's portrayal of Asian races, this study describes how social taboos concerning Orientals helped to perpetuate social and racial inequality in the USA. The author's discussion covers early silent films, later classics such as Shanghai Express and the recurring geisha movies.

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Focusing upon Hollywood's portrayal of Asian races, this study describes how social taboos concerning Orientals helped to perpetuate social and racial inequality in the USA. The author's discussion covers early silent films, later classics such as "Shanghai Express" and the recurring geisha movies.

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Format: Illustrated
Pages: 272
Edition: Illustrated
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: 15 Feb 1994
ISBN 10: 0520084950
ISBN 13: 9780520084957

Romance and the "Yellow Peril": Race, Sex, and Discursive Strategies in Hollywood Fiction

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