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Embracing the East

Mari Yoshihara
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      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 theirengagement 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'swork 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 literaryanalysis.
      Format: CONTRIBUTORS: Mari Yoshihara EAN: 9780195145342 COUNTRY: United States PAGES: WEIGHT: 374 g HEIGHT: 235 cm
      PUBLISHED BY: Oxford University Press Inc DATE PUBLISHED: 2003-01-16 CITY: GENRE: HISTORY / Asia / General, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Botany, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies WIDTH: 157 cm SPINE:

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      19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Gender studies: women and girls, Ethnic studies, Social and cultural history

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      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 theirengagement 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'swork 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 literaryanalysis.
      Format: CONTRIBUTORS: Mari Yoshihara EAN: 9780195145342 COUNTRY: United States PAGES: WEIGHT: 374 g HEIGHT: 235 cm
      PUBLISHED BY: Oxford University Press Inc DATE PUBLISHED: 2003-01-16 CITY: GENRE: HISTORY / Asia / General, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Botany, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies WIDTH: 157 cm SPINE:

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      19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Gender studies: women and girls, Ethnic studies, Social and cultural history

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