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    Embracing the East : White Women and American Orientalism (2002)
    Cary : Oxford University Press USA - OSO
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    ISBN: 9780198033233
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 online resource (255 pages)
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
    Parallel Title: Print version Embracing the East : White Women and American Orientalism
    DDC: 305.4/0973
    RVK:
    NW 8100
    RVK:
    NW 2708
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    HR 1705
    Keywords: Women, White Race identity ; East and West History ; Women, White Ethnic identity ; Orientalism Social aspects ; Public opinion ; Asia ; Foreign public opinion, American ; Asia ; In literature ; East and West ; History ; Orientalism ; Social aspects ; United States ; Public opinion ; United States ; Women, White ; Race identity ; United States ; Women, White ; United States ; Ethnic identity ; Electronic books ; Asia In literature ; United States Race relations ; United States Ethnic relations ; Asia Foreign public opinion, American
    Abstract: 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. MariYoshihara'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 otherrealms 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 historicalnarratives 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 analysisof 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 culturalhistory, material culture, visual arts, performance studies, and literary analysis.
    Abstract: Intro -- Contents -- A Note on Japanese and Chinese Names -- Introduction -- PART ONE: Materializing Asia -- 1 Asia as Spectacle and Commodity: The Feminization of Orientalist Consumption -- 2 Visualizing Orientalism: Women Artists' "Asian" Prints -- PART TWO: Performing Asia -- 3 "When I Don Your Silken Draperies": New Women's Performances of Asian Heroines -- 4 Racial Masquerade and Literary Orientalism: Amy Lowell's "Asian" Poetry -- 5 "Side by Side with These Men I Lie at Night": Sexuality and Agnes Smedley's Radicalism -- PART THREE: Authorizing Asia -- 6 "Popular Expert on China": Authority and Gender in Pearl S. Buck's: The Good Earth -- 7 Re-gendering the Enemy: Culture and Gender in Ruth Benedict's: The Chrysanthemum and the Sword -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Y.
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    Embracing the East : white women and American orientalism (2003)
    Oxford : Oxford University Press
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    ISBN: 9781280535307 , 019514533X , 9780195145335 , 0195145348 , 9780195145342 , 128053530X , 9780198033233 , 0198033230 , 0195185102 , 9780195185102
    Language: English
    Pages: Online Ressource (x, 242 p.) , ill.
    Edition: Online-Ausg.
    Parallel Title: Print version Embracing the East
    DDC: 305.40973
    Keywords: Women, White Race identity ; United States ; Women, White Ethnic identity ; United States ; Orientalism Social aspects ; United States ; Public opinion United States ; East and West History ; Public opinion ; East and West History ; Orientalism Social aspects ; Women, White Race identity ; Women, White Ethnic identity ; East and West History ; Women, White Ethnic identity ; Women, White Race identity ; Orientalism Social aspects ; Public opinion ; Literature ; Orientalism ; Social aspects ; Public opinion ; Public opinion, American ; Race relations ; SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Women's Studies ; East and West ; Ethnic relations ; History ; Asia Foreign public opinion, American ; Asia In literature ; United States Race relations ; United States Ethnic relations ; Asia Foreign public opinion, American ; United States Race relations ; United States Ethnic relations ; Asia In literature ; Asia Foreign public opinion, American ; United States Race relations ; United States Ethnic relations ; Asia In literature ; Asia ; United States ; Electronic books
    Abstract: 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
    Description / Table of Contents: Materializing AsiaPerforming Asia -- Authorizing Asia.
    Note: Includes bibliographical references (p. [221]-235) and index. - Description based on print version record
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