Off-White: Yellowface and Chinglish by Anglo-American Culture by Sheng-mei Ma - 2020

Bloomsbury, 2020. Hardbound. New Book. Hardbound. Author Sheng-mei Ma (English, Michigan State University) analyzes fiction and film representations of China and Chinese by English-speaking, Anglo-American novelists and filmmakers. She also explores Asian-sounding speech in films, known as Chinglish, Japlish, or Konglish. Discussion encompasses books by Pearl S. Buck, W. Somerset Maugham, William Blake, and Kazuo Ishiguro, and films including Ghost in the Shell, The Monkey King, Wolf Warrior 2, Crazy Rich Asians, and Dragon Seed. Other subjects are Asian characters in the world of Sherlock Holmes, stereotypes of Chinese laundrymen, and Dr. Fu-Manchu, a villain created by Sax Rohmer and appearing in numerous books, films, and comic books. The book contains b&w historical and contemporary photos and illustrations. (2020 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR)