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A hundred years ago, a character made his first appearance in the world of literature who was to enter the bloodstream of 20th-century popular culture: the evil genius called Dr Fu Manchu, described at the beginning of the first story in which he appeared as the yellow peril incarnate in one man. Why did the idea that the Chinese were a threat to Western civilization develop at precisely the time when that country was in chaos, divided against itself, victim of successive famines and utterly incapable of being a peril to anyone even if it had wanted to be? Here, Sir Christopher Frayling assembles an astonishing diversity of evidence to show how deeply ingrained Chinaphobia became in the West so acutely relevant again in the new era of Chinese superpower. Along the way he talks to Edward Said, to the last Governor of Hong Kong, to Sax Rohmer's widow, to movie stars and a host of others; he journeys through the opium dens of the 19th century with Charles Dickens; takes us to the heart of popular culture in the music hall, pulp literature and the mass-market press; and shows how film amplifies our assumptions, demonstrating throughout how we neglect the history of popular culture at our own peril if we want to understand our deepest desires and fears.

Chinese in literature --- Chinese in motion pictures --- Chinese in art --- National characteristics, Chinese --- Fu Manchu, Doctor (Fictitious character) --- S02/0310 --- S38/1600 --- Doctor Fu Manchu (Fictitious character) --- Dr. Fu Manchu (Fictitious character) --- Manchu, Fu (Fictitious character) --- Chinese national characteristics --- Motion pictures --- China: General works--Intercultural dialogue --- Works not related to China and the Far East--Literature and theatrical art: general --- Rohmer, Sax, --- Ward, Arthur Sarsfield, --- Furey, Michael,

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The evil mastermind--and master of disguise--Fu Manchu has long threatened to take over the world. In the past century, his dastardly plans have driven serialized novels, comic books, films, and TV. Yet this sinister Oriental character represents more than an invincible criminal in pop culture; Fu Manchu became the embodiment of the Yellow Peril. Serial Fu Manchu provides a savvy cultural, historical, and media-based analysis that shows how Fu Manchu's irrepressibility gives shape to--and reinforces--the persistent Yellow Peril myth. Ruth Mayer argues that seriality is not merely a commercial strategy but essential to the spread of European and American fears of Asian expansion. Tracing Fu Manchu through transnational serials in varied media from 1913 to the 1970s, Mayer shows how the icon evolved. She pays particular attention to the figure's literary foundations, the impact of media changes on his dissemination, and his legacy.

Chinese Americans in mass media --- Fu Manchu, Doctor (Fictitious character) --- Chinese in literature --- S02/0310 --- S11/1120 --- S02/0300 --- Mass media --- Doctor Fu Manchu (Fictitious character) --- Dr. Fu Manchu (Fictitious character) --- Manchu, Fu (Fictitious character) --- China: General works--Intercultural dialogue --- China: Social sciences--Migration and emigration: U.S.A. and Canada (incl. Hawaï) (whatever period) --- China: General works--Chinese culture and the West and vice-versa --- Chinese Americans in mass media. --- Chinese in literature. --- Fu Manchu, Doctor (Fictitious character). --- Gangsterfilm. --- Gelbe Gefahr. --- Massenkultur. --- Stereotyp. --- Fu Manchu,