Introduction
The Rape fantasy: The Cheat and Broken blossoms
The Threat of captivity: The Bitter tea of General Yen and Shanghai express
Passport seductions: Lady of the tropics
The scream of the butterfly: Madame Butterfly, China gate, and "The Lady from yesterday"
White knights in Hong Kong: Love is a many splendored thing and The World of Suzie Wong
Tragic and transcendent love: Sayonara and The Crimson kimono
Japanese war brides: domesticity and assimilation in Japanese war bride and Bridge to the sun
The Return of the butterfly: the geisha masquerade in My geisha and "An American geisha"
Conclusion: the postmodern spectacle of race and romance in Year of the dragon.