the yellow peril
English
Noun
the yellow peril (uncountable)
- Alternative form of yellow peril (“alleged threat to Western nations by East Asians”)
- 2008, Jonathan C. Friedman, quoting Gary Hoppenstand, Performing Difference: Representations of ‘The Other’ in Film and Theatre, page 115:
- The British or American hero, during the course of his battle against the yellow peril, overcame numerous traps and obstacles in order to save his civilization, and the primary symbol of that civilization: the white women.
References
- “the yellow peril, phrase”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
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