Embracing the East : White Women and American Orientalism.

Embracing the East : White Women and American Orientalism.

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&...

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Main Author: Yoshihara, Mari
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, 2002
Subjects:
Women, White > Race identity > United States.
Women, White > United States > Ethnic identity.
Orientalism > Social aspects > United States.
Public opinion > United States.
East and West > History.
Asia > Foreign public opinion, American.
Asia > In literature.
United States > Race relations.
United States > Ethnic relations.
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