The Yellow Peril
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The Yellow Peril: Dr. Fu Manchu and the Rise of Chinaphobia
By Christopher FraylingIn summer 1971, the James Bond film franchise was expanding fast, with the latest, Diamonds Are Forever, involving the muchpublicized return of Sean Connery, who had driven a hard bargain. The franchise had been kickstarted by the ...
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The Yellow Peril: Dr Fu Manchu & The Rise of Chinaphobia
By Christopher FraylingA hundred years ago, the fictional evil genius called Dr Fu Manchu appeared, described as 'the yellow peril incarnate in one man'. Why did the idea that the Chinese were...
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The Yellow Peril: Dr. Fu Manchu & the Rise of Chinaphobia
By Christopher FraylingUses history and popular culture to discuss how Chinaphobia arose in the West.
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The Yellow Peril: Chinese Americans in American Fiction, 1850-1940
By William F. WuFrom Jack London to the creators of Fu Manchu and Charlie Chan, many American authors (including such notables as Bret Harte and Ambrose Bierce) wrote about Chinese American characters as...
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The Yellow Peril: Chinese Americans in American Fiction, 1850 to 1940
By William F. WuThis edition has additions and corrections compared to the original hardback edition published in 1982. ~~~~~ Excerpt ~~~~~ My purpose in writing this work has been to explore the depiction of Chinese immigrants and their descendants in ...