Yellow Perils of Robert Heinlein

Yellow Perils of Robert Heinlein

Yellow Peril and other anti-East Asian themes are a recurring but rarely acknowledged feature of the oeuvre of Robert A. Heinlein. Still revered by an overwhelmingly white, male and ideologically libertarian readership, the “Dean” of American Science Fiction made extensive use of threatening, hatefu...

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Hlavní autor: Hickman, John
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Jazyk:Anglais
Vydáno: European journal of American studies 2021
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Cold War
anti-East Asian
imposture
xenophobia
genocide
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topic Cold War
anti-East Asian
imposture
xenophobia
genocide
spellingShingle Cold War
anti-East Asian
imposture
xenophobia
genocide
Hickman, John
Yellow Perils of Robert Heinlein
description Yellow Peril and other anti-East Asian themes are a recurring but rarely acknowledged feature of the oeuvre of Robert A. Heinlein. Still revered by an overwhelmingly white, male and ideologically libertarian readership, the “Dean” of American Science Fiction made extensive use of threatening, hateful or contemptible images of East Asians in novels that appeared from the 1930s through the 1960s. The contradiction between Heinlein’s self-portrayal as broad minded and unbiased on issues of race and religion and the descriptions of East Asians as menacing and untrustworthy Others that suffuse his fiction has not been systematically investigated until now. Exposing Heinlein matters because he continues to enjoy a large readership and inspires other science fiction authors. The stereotyping expressed in novels like The Moon is a Harsh Mistress and the dehumanization expressed in novels like Starship Troopers continue to shape the social and political attitudes of non-East Asian Americans both in domestic race and ethnic relations and in international affairs.
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title Yellow Perils of Robert Heinlein
title_short Yellow Perils of Robert Heinlein
title_full Yellow Perils of Robert Heinlein
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