Illustrations
Preface
1 Introduction
2 The Rape Fantasy: The Cheat and Broken Blossoms
3 The Threat of Captivity: The Bitter Tea of General Yen and
Shanghai Express
4 Passport Seductions: Lady of the Tropics
5 The Scream of the Butterfly: Madame Butterfly, China Gate, and
"The Lady from Yesterday"
6 White Knights in Hong Kong: Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing and
The World of Suzie Wong
7 Tragic and Transcendent Love: Sayonara and The Crimson
Kimono
8 Japanese War Brides: Domesticity and Assimilation
In Japanese War Bride and Bridge to the Sun
9 The Return of the Butterfly: The Geisha Masquerade In My Geisha
and "An American Geisha"
10 Conclusion: The Postmodern Spectacle of Race and Romance In Year
of the Dragon
Notes
Bibliography
Index
Gina Marchetti is Assistant Professor of Film at the University of Maryland.
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