"Lesser Breeds": Racial Attitudes in Popular British Culture, 1890-1940

by Michael Diamond

Overview

'Lesser Breeds' focuses on racism as manifested in the popular culture of nineteenth- and early twentieth-century Britain, exemplified by attitudes to the Chinese, Arabs, Blacks and Jews. This compelling book investigates the manifold expressions of prejudice in the popular arts of the period.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781843312161
Publisher:	Anthem Press
Publication date:	08/01/2006
Series:	Anthem European Studies
Edition description:	First Edition, 1
Pages:	250
Product dimensions:	5.30(w) x 8.50(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

Michael Diamond has been an editor, producer and presenter for the BBC, where he worked on 'The World at One' and the 'BBC World Service'. He has a lifelong interest in the Victorian age. He has recently published 'Victorian Sensation: Or the Spectacular, the Shocking and the Scandalous in Nineteenth-Century Britain' (Anthem Press, 2004).

Table of Contents

Introduction; Chapter 1: The Yellow Peril and the Background to Villainy; 2. Chapter 2: Chinese Villains and Masterminds; 3. Chapter 3: Gordon and Arab Nationalism; 4. French North Africa and the Lure of the Desert; Chapter 5: The Sheikh and His Imitators; Chapter 6. Ghettoes and Stereotypes; Chapter 7: Jewish 'Pride of Race'; Chapter 8: The Jews and Some Famous Authors; Chapter 9: Jews on Jews; Chapter 10: Coping with Africa; Chapter 11: Blacks in the Caribbean and Home; Afterword; Notes; Index