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OverviewThere's a folk memory of China in which numberless yellow hordes pour out of the 'mysterious East' to overwhelm the vulnerable West, accompanied by a stereotype of the Chinese as cruel, cunning and depraved. Hollywood films played their part in perpetuating these myths and stereotypes that constituted 'The Yellow Peril'. Jeffrey Richards examines in detail how and why they did it. He shows how the negative image was embodied in recurrent cinematic depictions of opium dens, tong wars, sadistic dragon ladies and corrupt warlords and how, in the 1930s and 1940s, a countervailing positive image involved the heroic peasants of The Good Earth and Dragon Seed fighting against Japanese invasion in wartime tributes to the West's ally, Nationalist China. The cinema's split level response is also traced through the images of the ultimate Oriental villain, the sinister Dr. Fu Manchu and the timeless Chinese hero, the intelligent and benevolent detective Charlie Chan.Filling a longstanding gap in Cinema and Cultural History, the book is founded in fresh research into Hollywood's shifting representations of China and its people. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Jeffrey RichardsPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Imprint: I.B. Tauris Dimensions: Width: 13.80cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 21.60cm Weight: 0.445kg ISBN: 9781784537203ISBN 10: 1784537209 Pages: 256 Publication Date: 09 November 2016 Audience: College/higher education , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsIntroduction and Acknowledgements Western Attitudes to China and the Chinese 'The Yellow Peril Incarnate in One Man': the literary Fu Manchu The Devil Doctors: cinematic Fu Manchu Fu Manchu's Daughter: the unique career of Anna May Wong Chinatown Nights The 'Real' China Miscegenation Melodramas Allies and Enemies The Oriental Detectives: Charlie Chan, James Lee Wong and Mr Moto Bibliography IndexReviews'Jeffrey Richards' latest book is a characteristically wide-ranging, thorough and richly detailed study that sheds new light on both familiar classics and forgotten films. Informative and accessible, China and the Chinese in Popular Film will appeal to specialist and non-specialist readers alike.' - Mark Glancy, Reader in Film History, Queen Mary University of London Author InformationJeffrey Richards is Professor of Cultural History, Lancaster University. His many publications in cinema & its history include The Age of the Dream Palace: Cinema & Society in Britain, 1930-39, Best of British: Cinema and Society, 1930-1970, the British Film Guide to A Night to Remember (all I.B. Tauris), and Mass Observation at the Movies. He is the General Editor of Tauris' Cinema and Society Series. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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