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China and the Chinese in popular film : from Fu Manchu to Charlie Chan /
There'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...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London :
I.B. Tauris,
2017.
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| Colección: | Cinema and society.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 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.