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England's Yellow Peril: Sinophobia and the Great War (Penguin Specials) Paperback – November 1, 2014
byAnne Witchard(Author)
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As England suffered heavy casualties at the front during World War I, the nation closed ranks against outsiders at home. England sought to reaffirm its racial dominance at the heart of the empire, and the Chinese in London became the principal scapegoat for anti-foreign sentiment. A combination of propaganda and popular culture, from the daily paper to the latest theater sensation, fanned the flames of national resentment into a raging Sinophobia. Opium smoking, gambling, and interracial romance became synonymous with London's Limehouse Chinatown, which was exoticized by Sax Rohmer's evil mastermind Fu Manchu and Thomas Burke's tales of lowlife love.England's Yellow Peril exploded in the midst of a catastrophic war and defined the representation of Chinese abroad in the decades to come.
- Print length108 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- PublisherPenguin Australia
- Publication dateNovember 1, 2014
- Dimensions4.25 x 0.3 x 7 inches
- ISBN-10014380037X
- ISBN-13978-0143800378
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About the Author
Anne Witchard is a senior lecturer in English Literature at the University of Westminster, where she specializes in fin de siècle culture, modernism, China studies, and the Gothic. She has researched and written on London and Chinatown in the early 20th century. Her books include Lao She in Londonand Thomas Burke's Dark Chinoiserie: Limehouse Nights and the Queer Spell of Chinatown.
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- Publisher : Penguin Australia
- Publication date : November 1, 2014
- Language : English
- Print length : 108 pages
- ISBN-10 : 014380037X
- ISBN-13 : 978-0143800378
- Item Weight : 2.4 ounces
- Dimensions : 4.25 x 0.3 x 7 inches
- Best Sellers Rank: #6,039,594 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #5,858 inWorld War I History (Books)
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Format: PaperbackVerified PurchaseYou can't get a better writer on the subject - PoloniusReviewed in Australia on April 6, 2021
5.0 out of 5 starsSeems England has always been Sinophobic
Format: KindleVerified PurchaseThe conclusion is that the whole of English society is Sinophobic and always has been ever since first contact.
But after WW1 the UK controlled the peace settlement in East Asia and imposed a peace settlement which seriously disadvantaged China and advantaged Japan. China was an ally. As was Japan. But the UK regarded China as a disposable ally. Thirty years later the communist revolution. Now China looks like the new global hegemon. The 1919 settlement was a disaster for the UK in retrospect.
