The Yellow Peril
The Yellow Peril
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Set to be as influential as Orientalism by Edward Said, this is the first book to explore the role of popular culture in generating and propagating prejudices and stereotypes about China.
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The Yellow Peril by Christopher Frayling
Set to be as influential as Orientalism by Edward Said, this is the first book to explore the role of popular culture in generating and propagating prejudices and stereotypes about China.
'Christopher Frayling brilliantly chronicles a shameful history of racism, and warns against the assumption that it no longer exists' - Guardian
'A wise, intellectually curious study of the west’s anxieties about the “yellow peril”, it is a testament to the author’s cunning in selecting such an unexpectedly fertile subject - a cunning worthy of even Fu Manchu' - New Statesman
'Dismantling popular Sinophobia has become a pressing diplomatic task, as Frayling reminds us in this scintillating book' - The Times
'Exhaustive and fascinating … thorough and fluently written' - Times Literary Supplement
'A fascinating exploration of a surprisingly long-lived phenomenon, combining a wealth of arresting detail with a big theme that has relevance today' - Jonathan Fenby, author of 'The Seventy Wonders of China'
'A wise, intellectually curious study of the west’s anxieties about the “yellow peril”, it is a testament to the author’s cunning in selecting such an unexpectedly fertile subject - a cunning worthy of even Fu Manchu' - New Statesman
'Dismantling popular Sinophobia has become a pressing diplomatic task, as Frayling reminds us in this scintillating book' - The Times
'Exhaustive and fascinating … thorough and fluently written' - Times Literary Supplement
'A fascinating exploration of a surprisingly long-lived phenomenon, combining a wealth of arresting detail with a big theme that has relevance today' - Jonathan Fenby, author of 'The Seventy Wonders of China'
Sir Christopher Frayling is perhaps the most wide-ranging cultural historian of our times: the author of numerous publications on subjects ranging from vampires to Westerns; the writer and presenter of successful television series, whether on advertising, the Middle Ages or Tutankhamun. He is a Fellow of Churchill College, Cambridge, and was Rector of the Royal College of Art, London, from 1996 to 2009, where he remains Professor Emeritus of Cultural History. His many public appointments have included Chairman of Arts Council England; Chairman of the Design Council; and the longest-serving Trustee of the Victoria and Albert Museum.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780500252079 |
| ISBN 10 | 0500252076 |
| Title | The Yellow Peril |
| Author | Christopher Frayling |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Thames & Hudson Ltd |
| Year published | 2014-10-06 |
| Number of pages | 360 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |