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Romance and the Yellow Peril: Race, Sex, and Discursive Strategies in Hollywood Fiction Gina Marchetti
Romance and the Yellow Peril: Race, Sex, and Discursive Strategies in Hollywood Fiction
Gina Marchetti
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.
269 pages, 30 b/w photographs
| Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
| Released | February 15, 1994 |
| ISBN13 | 9780520084957 |
| Publishers | University of California Press |
| Pages | 272 |
| Dimensions | 152 × 229 × 17 mm · 444 g |
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