Skip to main navigation Skip to main content
info(at)avldigital.remove-this.de
Deutsch English
Narrow Search
Search narrowed by
Last searches

Results for *

Displaying results 1 to 3 of 3.

  1. The yellow peril
    Dr. Fu Manchu & the rise of Chinaphobia
    Author: Frayling, Christopher
    Published: 2014
    Publisher:  Thames & Hudson, London

    A hundred years ago, a character made his first appearance in the world of literature who was to enter the bloodstream of 20th-century popular culture: the evil genius called Dr Fu Manchu, described at the beginning of the first story in which he... more

    Location:
    Technische Informationsbibliothek (TIB) / Leibniz-Informationszentrum Technik und Naturwissenschaften und Universitätsbibliothek
    Signature:
    PB/700/739
    Inter-library loan:
    Unlimited inter-library loan, copies and loan

    Location:
    Universitätsbibliothek Kiel, Zentralbibliothek
    Signature:
    Bu 6343
    Inter-library loan:
    Unlimited inter-library loan, copies and loan

     

    A hundred years ago, a character made his first appearance in the world of literature who was to enter the bloodstream of 20th-century popular culture: the evil genius called Dr Fu Manchu, described at the beginning of the first story in which he appeared as the yellow peril incarnate in one man. Why did the idea that the Chinese were a threat to Western civilization develop at precisely the time when that country was in chaos, divided against itself, victim of successive famines and utterly incapable of being a peril to anyone even if it had wanted to be? Here, Sir Christopher Frayling assembles an astonishing diversity of evidence to show how deeply ingrained Chinaphobia became in the West so acutely relevant again in the new era of Chinese superpower. Along the way he talks to Edward Said, to the last Governor of Hong Kong, to Sax Rohmer's widow, to movie stars and a host of others; he journeys through the opium dens of the 19th century with Charles Dickens; takes us to the heart of popular culture in the music hall, pulp literature and the mass-market press; and shows how film amplifies our assumptions, demonstrating throughout how we neglect the history of popular culture at our own peril if we want to understand our deepest desires and fears The setting of the sun -- Sax and the single Chinaman -- Charles Dickens and Princess Puffer -- At the sign of the swinging cymbal -- 'A little amusement ...' -- 'The yellow peril incarnate in one man' -- 'The world shall hear from me again'

     
    Export to reference management software   RIS file
      BibTeX file
    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
    Media type: Book
    Format: Print
    ISBN: 9780500252079
    RVK Categories: MS 3530 ; MS 7750
    Subjects: Chinese in motion pictures; Chinese in art; National characteristics, Chinese; Fu Manchu, Doctor (Fictitious character); Chinese in literature
    Other subjects: Rohmer, Sax (1883-1959)
    Scope: 360 S., Ill., 24 cm
  2. <<The>> yellow peril
    Dr Fu Manchu & the rise of Chinaphobia
    Author: Frayling, Christopher
    Published: 2014
    Publisher:  Thames & Hudson, London

    Export to reference management software   RIS file
      BibTeX file
    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
    Media type: Book
    Format: Print
    ISBN: 9780500252079
    Edition: 1. publ.
    Subjects: Fu Manchu; Geschichte;
    Scope: 360 S., Ill.
  3. The yellow peril
    Dr. Fu Manchu & the rise of Chinaphobia
    Author: Frayling, Christopher
    Published: 2014
    Publisher:  Thames & Hudson, London

    A hundred years ago, a character made his first appearance in the world of literature who was to enter the bloodstream of 20th-century popular culture: the evil genius called Dr Fu Manchu, described at the beginning of the first story in which he... more

    Location:
    Universitätsbibliothek Freiburg
    Signature:
    GE 2015/617
    Inter-library loan:
    Unlimited inter-library loan, copies and loan

    Location:
    Technische Informationsbibliothek (TIB) / Leibniz-Informationszentrum Technik und Naturwissenschaften und Universitätsbibliothek
    Signature:
    PB/700/739
    Inter-library loan:
    Unlimited inter-library loan, copies and loan

    Location:
    Universitätsbibliothek Kiel, Zentralbibliothek
    Signature:
    Bu 6343
    Inter-library loan:
    Unlimited inter-library loan, copies and loan

    Location:
    Universität Konstanz, Kommunikations-, Informations-, Medienzentrum (KIM)
    Inter-library loan:
    Unlimited inter-library loan, copies and loan

     

    A hundred years ago, a character made his first appearance in the world of literature who was to enter the bloodstream of 20th-century popular culture: the evil genius called Dr Fu Manchu, described at the beginning of the first story in which he appeared as the yellow peril incarnate in one man. Why did the idea that the Chinese were a threat to Western civilization develop at precisely the time when that country was in chaos, divided against itself, victim of successive famines and utterly incapable of being a peril to anyone even if it had wanted to be? Here, Sir Christopher Frayling assembles an astonishing diversity of evidence to show how deeply ingrained Chinaphobia became in the West so acutely relevant again in the new era of Chinese superpower. Along the way he talks to Edward Said, to the last Governor of Hong Kong, to Sax Rohmer's widow, to movie stars and a host of others; he journeys through the opium dens of the 19th century with Charles Dickens; takes us to the heart of popular culture in the music hall, pulp literature and the mass-market press; and shows how film amplifies our assumptions, demonstrating throughout how we neglect the history of popular culture at our own peril if we want to understand our deepest desires and fears The setting of the sun -- Sax and the single Chinaman -- Charles Dickens and Princess Puffer -- At the sign of the swinging cymbal -- 'A little amusement ...' -- 'The yellow peril incarnate in one man' -- 'The world shall hear from me again'

     
    Export to reference management software   RIS file
      BibTeX file
    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
    Media type: Book
    Format: Print
    ISBN: 9780500252079
    RVK Categories: MS 3530 ; MS 7750
    Subjects: Chinese in motion pictures; Chinese in art; National characteristics, Chinese; Fu Manchu, Doctor (Fictitious character); Chinese in literature
    Other subjects: Rohmer, Sax (1883-1959)
    Scope: 360 S., Ill., 24 cm
    Notes:

    Includes bibliographical references and index