Yellow Perils of Robert Heinlein
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چکیده
Yellow Peril and other anti-East Asian themes are a recurring but rarely acknowledged feature of the oeuvre Robert A. Heinlein. Still revered by an overwhelmingly white, male ideologically libertarian readership, “Dean” American Science Fiction made extensive use threatening, hateful or contemptible images East Asians in novels that appeared from 1930s through 1960s. The contradiction between Heinlein’s self-portrayal as broad minded unbiased on issues race religion descriptions menacing untrustworthy Others suffuse his fiction has not been systematically investigated until now. Exposing Heinlein matters because he continues to enjoy large readership inspires science authors. stereotyping expressed like Moon is Harsh Mistress dehumanization Starship Troopers continue shape social political attitudes non-East Americans both domestic ethnic relations international affairs.
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: European Journal of American Studies
سال: 2021
ISSN: ['1991-9336']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4000/ejas.16749