Criminalization/Assimilation: Chinese/Americans and Chinatowns in Classical Hollywood Film (Chinese/Americans and Chinatowns in Classical Hollywood Film)

المؤلف
Gates, Philippa
الناشر
Rutgers Univ Pr
تاريخ النشر
20190308
ISBN
9780813589428
منطقة تسجيل ISBN
منطقة ناطقة بالإنجليزية (ISBN 978-0)

الوصف

Traces how Classical Hollywood films constructed America's image of Chinese Americans from their criminalization as unwanted immigrants to their eventual acceptance when assimilated citizens, exploiting both America's yellow peril fears about Chinese immigration and its fascination with Chinatowns.