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Deconstruction of the Images of Fu Manchu in American Popular Culture in the First Half of the Twentieth Century

Authors
Yu Liu1, *, Bowen Liu2, Liwen Lei3, Tianlan Liu4
1Department of Languages and Cultures, BNU-HKBU United International College, Zhuhai, Guangdong, China
2Department of Social Sciences, BNU-HKBU United International College, Zhuhai, Guangdong, China
3Applied Translation Studies Programme, BNU-HKBU United International College, Zhuhai, Guangdong, China
4English Language and Literature Studies Programme, BNU-HKBU United International College, Zhuhai, Guangdong, China
*Corresponding author. Email: jackliuyu@foxmail.com
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Keywords
Fu Manchu; American Popular Culture; Mass Media; Culture Industry
Abstract

This paper will focus on the fictional literary images of Dr. Fu Manchu in American popular culture in the first half of the twentieth century. The images of Fu Manchu were first created by British writer Sax Rohmer in his Dr. Fu Manchu series of short stories. Fu Manchu was characterized by the duality of evil and justice, terror and intelligence. Rohmer has his subjective prejudice and discrimination against Asian people, especially Chinese migration when shaping the images with Oriental mystery and bias of yellow peril. The writers of this paper combine the historical background, character analysis, frame, and cultural industry theory to illustrate the relationship between the images of Fu Manchu and the yellow peril theory in American mass media in the first half of the twentieth century.

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Proceedings of the 2023 2nd International Conference on Public Culture and Social Services (PCSS 2023)
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Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research
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29 October 2023
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