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1 online resource (x, 242 pages) : illustrations |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-235) and index. |
Contents |
Materializing Asia -- Performing Asia -- Authorizing Asia. |
Summary |
As exemplified by Madame Butterfly, East-West relations have often been expressed as the relations between the masculine, dominant West and the feminine, submissive East. Yet, this binary model does not account for the important role of white women in the construction of Orientalism. Mari Yoshihara's study examines a wide range of white women who were attracted to Japan and China in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century and shows how, through their engagement with Asia, these women found new forms of expression, power, and freedom that were often denied to them in other realms of their lives in America. She demonstrates how white women's attraction to Asia shaped and was shaped by a complex mix of exoticism for the foreign, admiration for the refined, desire for power and control, and love and compassion for the people of Asia. Through concrete historical narratives and careful textual analysis, she examines the ideological context for America's changing discourse about Asia and interrogates the power and appeal--as well as the problems and limitations--of American Orientalism for white women's explorations of their identities.; Combining the analysis of race and gender in the United States and the study of U.S.-Asian relations, Yoshihara's work represents the transnational direction of scholarship in American Studies and U.S. history. In addition, this interdisciplinary work brings together diverse materials and approaches, including cultural history, material culture, visual arts, performance studies, and literary analysis. |
Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
Subject |
Women, White -- Race identity -- United States.
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Women, White. |
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United States. |
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Women, White -- United States -- Ethnic identity.
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Ethnicity. |
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Orientalism -- Social aspects -- United States.
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Orientalism -- Social aspects. |
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Orientalism. |
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Asia -- Foreign public opinion, American.
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Asia. |
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Public opinion -- United States.
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Public opinion. |
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Asia -- In literature.
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East and West -- History.
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East and West. |
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History. |
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United States -- Race relations.
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Race relations. |
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United States -- Ethnic relations.
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Ethnic relations. |
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Electronic books.
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Other Form: |
Print version: Yoshihara, Mari, 1968- Embracing the East. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2003 019514533X 0195145348 (DLC) 2002017060 (OCoLC)48966503 |
ISBN |
9780198033233 (electronic book) |
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0198033230 (electronic book) |
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0195185102 (electronic book) |
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9780195185102 (electronic book) |
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019514533X |
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9780195145335 |
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0195145348 |
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9780195145342 |
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128053530X |
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9781280535307 |
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