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Romance and the "yellow peril": race, sex, and discursive strategies in Hollywood fiction
Marchetti, Gina.
Year: c1993.
Publisher:  University of California Press. 
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Frontmatter
Illustrations
Preface
1 Introduction
2 The Rape Fantasy: The Cheat and Broken Blossoms
3 The Threat of Captivity: The Bitter Tea of General Yen and Shanghai Express
4 Passport Seductions: Lady of the Tropics
5 The Scream of the Butterfly: Madame Butterfly, China Gate, and "The Lady from Yesterday"
6 White Knights in Hong Kong: Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing and The World of Suzie Wong
7 Tragic and Transcendent Love: Sayonara and The Crimson Kimono
8 Japanese War Brides: Domesticity and Assimilation in Japanese War Bride and Bridge to the Sun
9 The Return of the Butterfly: The Geisha Masquerade in My Geisha and "An American Geisha"
10 Conclusion: The Postmodern Spectacle of Race and Romance in Year of the Dragon
Notes
Bibliography
Index
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Title: Romance and the "yellow peril" : race, sex, and discursive strategies in Hollywood fiction Gina Marchetti.
Author: Marchetti, Gina
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E-Distribution Information: University of Michigan Library, Scholarly Publishing Office
Ann Arbor, Michigan
2008
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Source Version: Romance and the "yellow peril" : race, sex, and discursive strategies in Hollywood fiction Gina Marchetti. 
Marchetti, Gina
Berkeley: University of California Press, c1993.
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/2027/heb.02731
Subject Headings: • Asians in motion pictures
• Sex in motion pictures
• Love in motion pictures
• Motion pictures -- United States -- History
• Race relations in motion pictures
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