Table of Contents

• List of Illustrations
• Acknowledgments
• Introduction – The Persistence of Yellowface
• Chapter 1 – “A Dumb Chinese Slave”: The Stage Chinaman and Clown Yellowface
• Chapter 2 - “Chinee by Nature”: Physiognomy and Scientific Yellowface
• Chapter 3 – “How to Makeup”: Theatrical Makeup Guidebooks and Private Yellowface
• Chapter 4 - “Dainty as Needs Be”: The White Actress and Cosmetic Yellowface
• Chapter 5 – “The Oriental Eye”: Special Effects Technology and Prosthetic Yellowface
• Epilogue – Casting as Gatekeeping
• Appendix - Yellowface Instructions in Theatrical Makeup Guidebooks during the Exclusion Era
• Notes
• Bibliography
• Index

About the Author

Esther Kim Lee is Professor of Theater Studies at Duke University.

Reviews

"Essential."
--Choice--G. R. Butters Jr., Aurora University "Choice"

"What is notable and made clearer by Lee's book is how that "science" and things like acting performances worked together to produce the racist ideas that persisted throughout society. ...Esther Lee helps us to recognize and understand how the persistence of these practices comes from their deep roots and connections to the ways that race has been constructed in the US across history."
--Ethnic and Racial Studies -- "Ethnic and Racial Studies"

"Written for a wide audience from theater aficionados to Asian American performance makers to academics, this timely book illuminates a fascinating archive of make-up conventions derived from instructional manuals and specific case studies from both the stage and the cinema."
--Sean Metzger, University of California, Los Angeles-- "Sean Metzger"