{"product_id":"romance-and-the-yellow-peril-9780520084957","title":"Romance and the Yellow Peril","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFocusing 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Illustrations \u003cbr\u003e Preface \u003cbr\u003e 1 Introduction \u003cbr\u003e 2 The Rape Fantasy: The Cheat and Broken Blossoms \u003cbr\u003e 3 The Threat of Captivity: The Bitter Tea of General Yen and Shanghai Express \u003cbr\u003e 4 Passport Seductions: Lady of the Tropics \u003cbr\u003e 5 The Scream of the Butterfly: Madame Butterfly, China Gate, and \"The Lady from Yesterday\" \u003cbr\u003e 6 White Knights in Hong Kong: Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing and The World of Suzie Wong \u003cbr\u003e 7 Tragic and Transcendent Love: Sayonara and The Crimson Kimono \u003cbr\u003e 8 Japanese War Brides: Domesticity and Assimilation\u003cbr\u003e In Japanese War Bride and Bridge to the Sun \u003cbr\u003e 9 The Return of the Butterfly: The Geisha Masquerade In My Geisha and \"An American Geisha\" \u003cbr\u003e 10 Conclusion: The Postmodern Spectacle of Race and Romance In Year of the Dragon \u003cbr\u003e Notes \u003cbr\u003e Bibliography \u003cbr\u003e Index ","brand":"University of California Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49402798571863,"sku":"9780520084957","price":24.3,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/romance-and-the-yellow-peril-9780520084957","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}