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America's Asia : Racial Form and American Literature, 1893-1945 /

What explains the perception of Asians both as economic exemplars and as threats? America's Asia explores a discursive tradition that affiliates the East with modern efficiency, in contrast to more familiar primitivist forms of Orientalism. Colleen Lye traces the American stereotype of Asians a...

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Autor principal: Lye, Colleen, 1967-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, 2005.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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