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Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- v Contents v
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Part I. Hollywood’s Chinese America
- 1. Introduction 3
- 2. Yellow Peril, Protest, and an Orientalist Gaze: Hollywood’s Constructions of Chinese/Americans 18
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Part II. Chinatown Crime
- 3. Imperiled Imperialism: Tong Wars, Slave Girls, and Opium 53
- 4. The Whitening of Chinatown: Action Cops and Upstanding Criminals 80
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Part III. Chinatown Melodrama
- 5. The Perils of Proximity: White Downfall in the Chinatown Melodrama 105
- 6. Tainted Blood: White Fears of Yellow Miscegenation 128
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Part IV. Chinese American Assimilation
- 7. Assimilation and Tourism: Chinese American Citizens and Chinatown Rebranded 155
- 8. Assimilating Heroism: The Chinese American as American Action Hero 183
- 9. Epilogue 212
- Filmography 215
- Acknowledgments 231
- Notes 233
- Index 277
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- v Contents v
-
Part I. Hollywood’s Chinese America
- 1. Introduction 3
- 2. Yellow Peril, Protest, and an Orientalist Gaze: Hollywood’s Constructions of Chinese/Americans 18
-
Part II. Chinatown Crime
- 3. Imperiled Imperialism: Tong Wars, Slave Girls, and Opium 53
- 4. The Whitening of Chinatown: Action Cops and Upstanding Criminals 80
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Part III. Chinatown Melodrama
- 5. The Perils of Proximity: White Downfall in the Chinatown Melodrama 105
- 6. Tainted Blood: White Fears of Yellow Miscegenation 128
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Part IV. Chinese American Assimilation
- 7. Assimilation and Tourism: Chinese American Citizens and Chinatown Rebranded 155
- 8. Assimilating Heroism: The Chinese American as American Action Hero 183
- 9. Epilogue 212
- Filmography 215
- Acknowledgments 231
- Notes 233
- Index 277