Yellow Perils : : China Narratives in the Contemporary World / / ed. by Franck Billé, Sören Urbansky.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DG Plus eBook-Package 2018
• MitwirkendeR: Anthony, Ross,; Billé, Franck,; Carrico, Kevin,; Dittgen, Romain,; Fiskesjö, Magnus,; Lynteris, Christos,; Qiu, Yu,; Urbansky, Sören,; Walker, David,; Zhao, Xiaojian,
• TeilnehmendeR: Anthony, Ross.; Billé, Franck.; Carrico, Kevin.; Dittgen, Romain.; Fiskesjö, Magnus.; Lynteris, Christos.; Qiu, Yu.; Urbansky, Sören.; Walker, David.; Zhao, Xiaojian.
• HerausgeberIn: Billé, Franck,; Urbansky, Sören,
• Place / Publishing House: Honolulu : : University of Hawaii Press, , [2018]; ©2018
• Year of Publication: 2018
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (284 p.) :; 6 b&w illustrations

China's meteoric rise and ever expanding economic and cultural footprint have been accompanied by widespread global disquiet. Whether admiring or alarmist, media discourse and representations of China often tap into the myths and prejudices that emerged through specific historical encounters. T...

Table of Contents

• Frontmatter
• Contents
• Acknowledgments
• 1. Introduction
• 2. Yellow Peril Epidemics: The Political Ontology of Degeneration and Emergence
• 3. Day of Judgment: Australia and the Rise of Asia
• 4. Chinese Entrepreneurship in Prato, Italy
• 5. Yellow, Red, and Black: Fantasies about China and "the Chinese" in Contemporary South Africa
• 6. "The Chinese are Coming": Social Dependence and Entrepreneurial Ethics in Postcolonial Nigeria
• 7. Sinophobic Tales: Imaginations of China from the Northern Border
• 8. Swarm of the Locusts: The Ethnicization of Hong Kong-China Relations
• 9. Who's Afraid of Confucius? Fear, Encompassment, and the Global Debates over the Confucius Institutes
• 10. Fears Abroad, Propaganda at Home: Reflections on the Yellow Peril Discourse in China
• Contributors
• Index