New York before Chinatown : Orientalism and the shaping of American culture, 1776-1882
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New York before Chinatown : Orientalism and the shaping of American culture, 1776-1882
（Johns Hopkins paperbacks）
Johns Hopkins University Press, 2001
- : pbk
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Orientalism and the shaping of American culture, 1776-1882
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Includes bibliographical references (p.[347]-373) and index
"Johns Hopkins paperbacks edition, 2001"--T.p. verso
内容説明・目次
内容説明
From George Washington's desire (in the heat of the Revolutionary War) for a proper set of Chinese porcelains for afternoon tea, to the lives of Chinese-Irish couples in the 1830s, to the commercial success of Chang and Eng (the "Siamese Twins"), to rising fears of "heathen Chinee," New York before Chinatown offers a provocative look at the role Chinese people, things, and ideas played in the fashioning of American culture and politics. Piecing together various historical fragments and anecdotes from the years before Chinatown emerged in the late 1870s, historian John Kuo Wei Tchen redraws Manhattan's historical landscape and broadens our understanding of the role of port cultures in the making of American identities. Tchen tells his story in three parts. In the first, he explores America's fascination with Asia as a source of luxury items, cultural taste, and lucrative trade. In the second, he explains how Chinese, European-Americans in Yellowface, and various caricatures became objects of curiosity in the expansive commercial marketplace.
In the third part, Tchen focuses on how Americans' attitude toward the Chinese changed from fascination to demonization, leading to the passage of the Chinese Exclusion Acts beginning in 1882.
目次
Contents: List of Illustrations Preface Introduction Pt. 1: A Culture of Distinction 1 Porcelain, Tea, and Revolution 2 What Does China Want? 3 The Port's Rise Pt. 2: Port Exchanges 4 A Pioneer Settlement 5 "Edifying Curiosities" 6 Self-Possessed Men 7 Stereotypes and Realities Pt. 3: The "Chinese Question" 8 "The Alarm" 9 Visualizing "Ah Sin" 10 Building Community 11 Descent to Darkness 12 Appo's Demise Epilogue: The "American Century" Notes Selected Bibliography Index
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