yellowfacen.

Brit.

/ˈjɛlə(ʊ)feɪs/, U.S.

/ˈjɛloʊˌfeɪs/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: yellow adj., face n.

Etymology: < yellow adj. + face n., after blackface n. (compare sense 1b at that entry).

Make-up worn by a white actor playing a person of South-East or East Asian (especially Chinese or Japanese) ethnic origin; the practice of imitating a person of South-East or East Asian origin in this way. Cf. blackface n. 1b.This practice is now widely condemned as offensive.

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blackface1847

crape hair1866

spirit gum1871

brownface1913

wet-white1922

glycerine tear1934

white-face1947

nose putty1950

nose paste1951

redface1954

yellowface1959

1959 Hudson Rev. Summer 200 Improving race relations by playing a Chinese version of Green Pastures in yellowface.

1974 N.Y. Times 24 Mar. d19/4 A white man in yellow face will play somebody like me in another Charlie Chan movie.

1991 Elle Apr. 168/2 In a nation that had long since condemned ‘blackface’ as racist, could ‘yellowface’ be tolerated?

2003 I. Chang Chinese in Amer. xii. 209 The whites' practice of adopting yellowface in Hollywood..robbed ethnic performers of starring roles.

2015 Guardian 16 Dec. 37/3 As someone who considers drag to be ultimately playful, I do believe that there is a meaningful difference between it and yellowface.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	yellowface
释义	yellowfacen. Brit. /ˈjɛlə(ʊ)feɪs/, U.S. /ˈjɛloʊˌfeɪs/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: yellow adj., face n. Etymology: < yellow adj. + face n., after blackface n. (compare sense 1b at that entry). Make-up worn by a white actor playing a person of South-East or East Asian (especially Chinese or Japanese) ethnic origin; the practice of imitating a person of South-East or East Asian origin in this way. Cf. blackface n. 1b.This practice is now widely condemned as offensive. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > the theatre or the stage > a theatre > theatrical equipment or accessories > [noun] > make-up > types of blackface1847 crape hair1866 spirit gum1871 brownface1913 wet-white1922 glycerine tear1934 white-face1947 nose putty1950 nose paste1951 redface1954 yellowface1959 1959 Hudson Rev. Summer 200 Improving race relations by playing a Chinese version of Green Pastures in yellowface. 1974 N.Y. Times 24 Mar. d19/4 A white man in yellow face will play somebody like me in another Charlie Chan movie. 1991 Elle Apr. 168/2 In a nation that had long since condemned ‘blackface’ as racist, could ‘yellowface’ be tolerated? 2003 I. Chang Chinese in Amer. xii. 209 The whites' practice of adopting yellowface in Hollywood..robbed ethnic performers of starring roles. 2015 Guardian 16 Dec. 37/3 As someone who considers drag to be ultimately playful, I do believe that there is a meaningful difference between it and yellowface. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1959
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