Interracial intimacy in Japan : western men and Japanese women, 1543-1900
"Much has been written about the relationships between European men and local women in Asia, Africa, and Latin America during the heyday of western imperialism. But scholars have given slight attention to "interracial" relationships in a non-western country that avoided colonization, was regarded by Europeans as "white," and was generally able to maintain control over resident foreign male communities. This book describes and analyses intimate relationships between western men and Japanese women, for the most part in Japan, throughout the entire early modern period and into the first few decades of the modern period, when westerners came to reside in the treaty ports
History
313 pages
9780826460745, 0826460747
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1. European Views on Race and Interracial Intimacy in the Sixteenth and Early Seventeenth Centuries
2. Japanese Views on Race in the Sixteenth and Early Seventeenth Centuries
3. Interracial Intimacy in Japan, 1543-1638
4. The Evolution of European Views on Race and Sexuality
5. The Evolution of Japanese Views on Race
6. Intimacy with the "Green-Eyed Goblins" during the Seclusion Era, 1639-1854
7. Western Views on Race and Race Mixing, 1854-68
8. Japanese Views on Race and Race Mixing, 1854-68
9. Interracial Intimacy in the Treaty Ports, 1854-68
10. Race Theory and Race Mixing in Meiji Japan from 1868