Dr Fu Manchu and the Talons of Weng-Chiang
As I wind up work on my essay on The Talons of Weng-Chiang for Doctor Who and Race, I thought it'd be useful to share some of the resources I've used. Here's a list of links, in no particular order:
Chinese Britons have put up with racism for too long
On Yellow Peril Thrillers
British-Chinese Cinema: Expressions of an almost hidden community
The Early Chinese Canadians: Racism in Law and Society
Yellowface: Asians on White Screens: Is Charlie Chan really dead?
"A Certain Slant": A Brief History of Hollywood Yellowface
Father Knox's Ten Commandments
London's Chinese Communities
Chinese Lives: Chinese Community in Newham
The Mixed-Race Families of Limehouse - Myth and Reality
British East Asian artists lambast ‘racist’ British theatre for lack of acting roles
Passing from Light into Dark
One of Our Dinosaurs is Missing
Matthew Sweet on how Hollywood used Anna May Wong to embody Oriental stereotypes
Question about Festive Pantomime Racism
ETA:
Blood of Fu Manchu, or Kiss Me, You Fu
The Yellow Peril, Fu Manchu, and the Ethnic Future
The Page of Fu Manchu
BFI bio of Burt Kwouk | Interview w/Burt Kwouk
Fox's 'Banzai' Premieres to Protests
I've proved I can handle serial killing; INTERVIEW: David Yip. | David Yip - The Evolution and History of British Chinese Workforce
So Sorry... A New Slant on Cinema
The Myth of the Opium Den in Late Victorian England
The Lion Catches Up (The Talons of Weng-Chiang)
Photoplay, April 1933: Loy's aim is Occidental
Two Wongs (ie, two Anna May Wong movies! Lots of info and screencaps from old Hollywood flicks at this blog.)
Movie vs. Book: The Mask of Fu Manchu
Mickey Rooney upset about claims his 'Tiffany's' role is racist
The Missing Chink - four funny and thought-provoking sketches from British Chinese comedians Paul Courtnay Hyu and Paul Chan.
Warning: unpleasant old stuff ahead.
The Project Gutenberg EBook of The Insidious Dr. Fu-Manchu, by Sax Rohmer
DRUMS OF FU MANCHU (Los Tambores de Fu Manchú-1940)
Loy & Karloff in "The Mask of Fu Manchu"
Sax Rohmer - Meet Dr Fu Manchu | How Fu Manchu Was Born
The Rockin' Ramrods' "Don't Fool With Fu Manchu". I was really hoping to get this into the essay somewhere!
George Formby's "Mr Wu" songs (if you saw the recent "Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy", one of these features in it).
And a little modern unpleasantness, from 2008: How China's taking over Africa, and why the West should be VERY worried. Thank you, Daily FMail. (For a more thoughtful look at the issues, see Trying to pull together and Lesotho: Anti-Chinese resentment flares.)
There are more links which I'll add to this posting later, so bookmark if you're interested. The Web proved invaluable, but as ever, I discovered a lot more at the library (I'll post a bibliography in a bit).
Researching the essay has been a hell of an education; never having studied history or politics, I basically had to absorb the whole concept of colonialism in one huge gulp! The world makes a lot more sense now. As there is a limited amount of paper in the world, naturally I had to leave out a huge amount of stuff - material for future postings and essays.
(I'd also like to note that trying to explain this stuff in a discussion of The Celestial Toymaker was a useful reminder of why POC get so frustrated online. ;)
Chinese Britons have put up with racism for too long
On Yellow Peril Thrillers
British-Chinese Cinema: Expressions of an almost hidden community
The Early Chinese Canadians: Racism in Law and Society
Yellowface: Asians on White Screens: Is Charlie Chan really dead?
"A Certain Slant": A Brief History of Hollywood Yellowface
Father Knox's Ten Commandments
London's Chinese Communities
Chinese Lives: Chinese Community in Newham
The Mixed-Race Families of Limehouse - Myth and Reality
British East Asian artists lambast ‘racist’ British theatre for lack of acting roles
Passing from Light into Dark
One of Our Dinosaurs is Missing
Matthew Sweet on how Hollywood used Anna May Wong to embody Oriental stereotypes
Question about Festive Pantomime Racism
ETA:
Blood of Fu Manchu, or Kiss Me, You Fu
The Yellow Peril, Fu Manchu, and the Ethnic Future
The Page of Fu Manchu
BFI bio of Burt Kwouk | Interview w/Burt Kwouk
Fox's 'Banzai' Premieres to Protests
I've proved I can handle serial killing; INTERVIEW: David Yip. | David Yip - The Evolution and History of British Chinese Workforce
So Sorry... A New Slant on Cinema
The Myth of the Opium Den in Late Victorian England
The Lion Catches Up (The Talons of Weng-Chiang)
Photoplay, April 1933: Loy's aim is Occidental
Two Wongs (ie, two Anna May Wong movies! Lots of info and screencaps from old Hollywood flicks at this blog.)
Movie vs. Book: The Mask of Fu Manchu
Mickey Rooney upset about claims his 'Tiffany's' role is racist
The Missing Chink - four funny and thought-provoking sketches from British Chinese comedians Paul Courtnay Hyu and Paul Chan.
Warning: unpleasant old stuff ahead.
The Project Gutenberg EBook of The Insidious Dr. Fu-Manchu, by Sax Rohmer
DRUMS OF FU MANCHU (Los Tambores de Fu Manchú-1940)
Loy & Karloff in "The Mask of Fu Manchu"
Sax Rohmer - Meet Dr Fu Manchu | How Fu Manchu Was Born
The Rockin' Ramrods' "Don't Fool With Fu Manchu". I was really hoping to get this into the essay somewhere!
George Formby's "Mr Wu" songs (if you saw the recent "Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy", one of these features in it).
And a little modern unpleasantness, from 2008: How China's taking over Africa, and why the West should be VERY worried. Thank you, Daily FMail. (For a more thoughtful look at the issues, see Trying to pull together and Lesotho: Anti-Chinese resentment flares.)
There are more links which I'll add to this posting later, so bookmark if you're interested. The Web proved invaluable, but as ever, I discovered a lot more at the library (I'll post a bibliography in a bit).
Researching the essay has been a hell of an education; never having studied history or politics, I basically had to absorb the whole concept of colonialism in one huge gulp! The world makes a lot more sense now. As there is a limited amount of paper in the world, naturally I had to leave out a huge amount of stuff - material for future postings and essays.
(I'd also like to note that trying to explain this stuff in a discussion of The Celestial Toymaker was a useful reminder of why POC get so frustrated online. ;)