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Article: Pierre Loti in Japan: impossible exoticism.(French writer)
- Article from:
- Journal of European Studies
- Article date:
- March 1, 1999
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L'absence de seduction d'une race, lorsque je circule parmi ses representants tres nombreux, me fiche le cafard.
Andre Gide, 31 janvier 1939, Carnets d'Egypte
1. Races
We very often notice Loti's racism towards the Japanese without knowing its cause. This is a surprising feature to find in the work of a traveller who is so taken with exoticism, which makes some of his laconic remarks about the Nippons all the more shocking. Some notes in Japoneries d'automne stand out particularly: 'Passons vite, tout cela sent la race jaune, la moisissure et la mort;" 'Et puis ces odeurs de race jaune, de cuisine au riz, de musc, de je ne sais quoi, vous ...
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