From White to Yellow: The Japanese in European Racial Thought, 1300-1735 Volume 63

by Rotem Kowner

Book Overview

When Europeans first landed in Japan they encountered people they perceived as white-skinned and highly civilized, but these impressions did not endure. Gradually the Europeans' positive impressions faded away and Japanese were seen as yellow-skinned and relatively inferior. Accounting for this dramatic transformation, From White to Yellow is a groundbreaking study of the evolution of European interpretations of the Japanese and the emergence of discourses...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0773544550
• ISBN13: 9780773544550
• Release Date: November 2014
• Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press
• Length: 712 Pages
• Weight: 1.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.0" x 8.9"